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Water lily n. (Bot.) A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea. Note: The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. See Euryale, Lotus, and Victoria, 1.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Water lily" Quotes from Famous Books

... could not have enough of anything. About eleven o'clock he strolled out beautiful night, only just dark enough—under the new arrangement with Time—and went down to the little round fountain below the terrace. His wife was playing the piano. Mr. Bosengate looked at the water and the flat dark water lily leaves which floated there; looked up at the house, where only narrow chinks of light showed, because of the Lighting Order. The dreamy music drifted out; there was a scent of heliotrope. He moved a few steps back, and sat in the children's swing ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

Words linked to "Water lily" : water plant, European white lily, Brasenia schreberi, Nymphaeaceae, cow lily, Egyptian water lily, lotus, white lily, southern spatterdock, Nymphaea alba, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea stellata, fanwort, pond lily, Cabomba caroliniana, yellow water lily, water-lily family, Nymphaea caerulea, yellow pond lily, Nymphaea lotus, water nymph, yanquapin, water chinquapin, spatterdock, white lotus, blue lotus, American lotus, Nymphaea odorata, water-shield, aquatic plant, water-target, Nuphar advena, family Nymphaeaceae, fragrant water lily, Nelumbo lutea