WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
white lily n 1: lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: Madonna lily, white lily, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum] 2: white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus]