Vocabulary : Lily to Limaille

Lily : 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. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See Royal spade, below.
Lily-handed : Having white, delicate hands.
Lily-livered : White-livered; cowardly.
Lilywort : Any plant of the Lily family or order.
Lim : A limb.

Lim naea : A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.
Lima : The capital city of Peru, in South America.
Limaceous : Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.
Limacina : A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
Limaille : Filings of metal.

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