Water lily

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:22

Wa"ter lil`y (?). Bot.

A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.

⇒ The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. See Euryale, Lotus, and Victoria, 1.

aquatic plant	Lotus root	Cat-tail	Museé l'Orangerie
The Chinese Garden of Friendship	Flora's dial	Vaginal	SC Heerenveen
Riparian	Nymphaea	Sonnet	Lotus
lily pad	Natant	Nenuphar	Liliaceae
Saraswati	Coconut Octopus with Waterlily	Water hyacinth	Spatter-dock
Delphi	koi	Nelumbo	nondenominational church

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