lily (flower)
A flower of the genus Lilium in the family Liliaceae.
Lily flowers have 6 petals (technically 3 petals and 3 sepals) and come in a variety of shapes such as bell, flat, funnel, recurved, trumpet, etc. They can be almost any color, but white lilies are probably the most well-known kind, being either Lilium candidum (Madonna Lilies) or Lilium longiflorum (Easter Lily) with their characteristic trumpet shape.
Lilies are a symbol for Girls Love as well as an eponym for its alternate name yuri due to their Japanese name "yuri".
Examples
- Danbooru post #1323515: Lilium candidum
- Danbooru post #1333457: Lilium longiflorum
- Danbooru post #1080404: Lilies as yuri moment decoration
Other Liliaceae species
Flowers known as lilies
Note that these flowers are not species of the genus Lilium, so they should not be tagged Lily).
- Agapanthus, African lily, Lily of the Nile
- Alstroemeria, Lily of the Incas, Peruvian lily
- Amaryllis, Belladonna lily, Easter lily, Jersey lily
- Clivia, Bush lily, Natal lily
- Convallaria, Lily of the valley
- Erythronium, Fawn lily, Trout lily
- Fritillaria, Black lily, Chocolate lily, Kamchatka lily
- Gloriosa, Climbing/Creeping lily, Fire/Flame lily, Glory lily
- Hemerocallis, Daylily
- Lycoris, Spider lily
- Nymphaea, Water lily
- Ornithogalum, Grass lily
- Spathiphyllum, Peace lily
- Zantedeschia, Arum lily, Calla lily