different between jasmine vs lily

English

Alternative forms

• jassamine, jessamine

Etymology

French jasmin, from Arabic ?????????? (y?sam?n), from Persian ??????? (yâsamin), ?????? (yâsaman).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?æzm?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural jasmines)

1. Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
2. The perfume obtained from these plants.
3. Any of several unrelated plants having a similar perfume.
4. A yellow colour.

Derived terms

• Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
• bastard jasmine (Cestrum elegans)
• blue jasmine (Clematis crispa)
• Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
• Carolina jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
• Catalan jasmine/Catalonian jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
• cayenne jasmine (Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
• Chilean jasmine (Mandevilla laxa)
• climbing jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum)
• common jasmine (Jasminum officinale}
• confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum spp.)
• crepe jasmine/crape jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricate
• day jasmine (Cestrum diurnum)
• ground jasmine (Passerina stelleri)
• Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile)
• Japanese star jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
• Jasmine
• jasmine rice
• jasmine tea
• Madagascar jasmine (Stephanotis floribunda)
• night jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)
• night-blooming jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
• night-flowering jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
• orange jasmine (Cestrum aurantiacum, Murraya paniculata)
• poet's jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
• primrose jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi)
• red jasmine (Plumeria rubra)
• rock jasmine (Androsace spp.)
• royal jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
• sambac jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
• Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
• star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
• tree jasmine
• true jasmine (Jasminum officinale}
• Tuscan jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
• West Indian jasmine (Plumeria alba)
• white jasmine
• willow-leaved jasmine (Cestrum parqui)
• winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

Translations

See also

• Arabian jasmine, mogra, pikake, jasmine tea (Jasminum sambac)
• chameli, jessamine, motia

References

• jasmine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jasminum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Jasminum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Mijanès, jamisen

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

lily (plural lilies)

1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
3. (heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
5. (card games, usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
6. (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.

Alternative forms

• lilly (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

lily (not comparable)

1. (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).

Anagrams

• illy