add. ·noun a royal spade;
usually in ·pl ·see royal spade, below.
2. lily ·noun that end of a compass needle which should point to the north;
so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
3. lily ·noun a plant and flower of the genus lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
4. lily ·noun a name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as pancratium, crinum, amaryllis, nerine, ·etc.