COW LILY

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Meaning:

Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water

Synonyms:

cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cow lily" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("cow lily" is a member of...):

genus Nuphar; Nuphar (spatterdocks)

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