Definition of "water lily" []

Any of various cosmopolitan aquatic herbs of the genus Nymphaea, having floating leaves and showy, variously colored flowers, especially N. odorata, with fragrant many-petaled white or pinkish flowers. Also called pond lily. (noun)

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Use "water lily" in a sentence

"He moved upstream and found ragged and yellowing water lily leaves decaying on top of a small pond."

Words like "water lily"

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nymphaea nymphaea caerulea nymphaea lotus

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