This noun refers to lilies or lily-like flowers, possibly including various species of white or brightly colored wild flowers. Jesus uses it in both Matthew 6:28 and Luke 12:27 in His teaching about anxiety and God's provision: 'Consider the lilies (κρίνα), how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.' The term may encompass various wildflowers of the Palestinian hills rather than a single botanical species—the point is their natural beauty without human effort. Classical usage identified both white lilies and the 'Turk's cap lily,' among others.