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WHITE LILY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("white lily" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers

Synonyms:

Annunciation lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Madonna lily; white lily

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Nouns denoting plants

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

lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)

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