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lily

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(Other definitions for lily that I've seen before include "Flower of purity" , "Girl's name - plant with hanging flowers" , "Bulbous flowering plant" , "Bulbous plant with trumpet-shaped flowers" , "Plant with showy pendulous flowers" .)

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