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WATER LILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water lily" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Meronyms (parts of "water lily"):
lily pad (floating leaves of a water lily)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water lily"):
fragrant water lily; Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; water nymph (a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions)
European white lily; Nymphaea alba (a water lily with white flowers)
Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus (white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians)
blue lotus; Nymphaea caerulea (blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians)
blue lotus; Nymphaea stellata (blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia)
cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily (common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water)
Nuphar sagittifolium; southern spatterdock (of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams)
Nuphar lutea; yellow water lily (a water lily with yellow flowers)
Indian lotus; lotus; Nelumbo nucifera; sacred lotus (native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers)
American lotus; Nelumbo lutea; water chinquapin; yanquapin (water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds)
Cabomba caroliniana; fanwort; water-shield (common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers)
Brasenia schreberi; water-shield; water-target (aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums)
Holonyms ("water lily" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)
