Noun

(lilies)

Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

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.

(heraldiccharge) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.

The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

* (rfdate) Sir Thomas Browne

But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.

Noun

(en noun)

An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal

, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}

The area which drains into a river.

Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.

The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.