LILY

[noun] [C] - any of various plants with a large, bell-shaped flower on a long stemSee picture: Flowers and plants(literary) Someone who is described as lily-livered is cowardly.A lily of the valley is a small plant with large oval leaves and small bell-shaped white flowers which smell sweet.Lily pads are the large round-shaped leaves of the water lily which float on the surface of water.Lily-white means pure white.He marvelled at her lily-white hands.(US slang disapproving) Lily-white can also mean caucasian.a lily-white suburba lily-white taste in music(figurative) Someone who is described as lily-white has a faultless character.It's ironic that he should criticize such conduct - he's not exactly lily-white himself