Easter lily

Spring church flower

Easter lily is a fragrant white trumpet-shaped lily native to Japan, widely cultivated as a symbol of Easter.

The flowers' white color and springtime bloom connect them to themes of purity and resurrection in Christian tradition: Churches were decorated with Easter lilies for the service.

flower

petal

Bloom's colorful segment

  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • bulbRounded storage organ
  • whiteAbsence of pigment

trumpet · stamen · pistil · perennial · florist · vase · arrangement · floral · greenhouse · cultivar

symbolism

purity

Uncontaminated quality

holiness · sanctity · sacred · immaculate · virtue · hope · peace · whiteness · Virgin Mary · Madonna

spring

bloom

Flower or flourishing state

awakening · budding · greenery · warmth · pastels · tulips · daffodils · hyacinth · fresh · seasonal

resurrection

rebirth

Spiritual or physical regeneration

redemption · faith · eternal life · heaven · grace · miracle · Christianity · Gospel · crucifixion · tomb

holiday

Sunday

First or seventh day

decoration · tradition · basket · gift · Mass · service · Lent · Palm Sunday · Holy Week · festive

Categories
Opposites
holiday floral symbolism

Easter lilypoinsettia

Festive red-bracted houseplant

Christmas cactus · Christmas rose · Christmas tree · holly · mistletoe

seasonal symbolism

Easter lilyautumn leaves

Deciduous trees' seasonal shedding

dried flowers · harvest wreath · dead flowers · withered plants

religious symbolism

Easter lilyblack rose

Impossibly dark flower

cypress · weeping willow · yew · asphodel · deadly nightshade

Family

lily, Easter, lilies, Eastertide

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G