Lily_(disambiguation)

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Lily is the common English name for plants of the Lilium (genus) or Liliaceae (family).

The term "lily", together with a modifier, is also applied to a large number of other plants, which have flowers that may resemble true lilies to a greater or lesser extent. Most of them are quite unrelated to the true lilies, and they include;

• African lily - Agapanthus africanus.
• Arum lily - Plants of the family Araceae, sometimes only plants of the genus Arum.
• Belladonna lily - Amaryllis.
• Blackberry lily - Belamcanda
• Daylily, or Day lily - Hemerocallis.
• Ginger lily - various plants in the family Zingiberaceae.
• Easter lily - either Zantedeschia aethiopica, or Lilium longiflorum
• Peruvian lily - Alstroemeria.
• Water lily - various aquatic plants.

The term Lily may refer also refer to:

• Lily (CMC), a computer chat program.
• Lily, South Dakota, a small town in South Dakota.
• Lily (Diagnosis Murder episode)
• Lily (software), a visual programming environment.
• Lily, a character in the cartoon Kappa Mikey.

See also

• Lily (name)
• Lili (disambiguation)
• Lille (disambiguation)
• Lilley (disambiguation)
• Lilli (disambiguation)
• Lillie (disambiguation)
• Lilly (disambiguation)

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