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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lent \Lent\, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. [1913 Webster] Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lent 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]