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(ii) Shuwshan (7799) - from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): lily, Shoshannim. (Suws (7797) -a primitive root; to be bright, i.e. cheerful)
A flower with white or rosy-purple blooms measuring up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) across. Many scholars think the lily is sometimes a term applied to flowers in general. Others believe specific types such as the Turks Cap, the Madonna, or the lotus is referred to.
The lily was used as an ornament for the Temple <1 Kin. 7:22>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
(iii) The saints who have been awakened to fervency. Ordinary people (as lily is a common,ordinary plant) made extra-ordinary by God's working in them to make them as 'Trumpets' (prophetic voices in this generation).
(iv) (a) 2:1; 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2,3; 7:2