EGYPTIAN WATER LILY

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Meaning:

White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

Synonyms:

Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Egyptian water lily" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("Egyptian water lily" is a member of...):

genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)

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