water lily
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1. an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fragrant water lily, nymphaea odorata, pond lily, water nymph, |
| definition | : | a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | european white lily, nymphaea alba, |
| definition | : | a water lily with white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | egyptian water lily, lotus, nymphaea lotus, white lily, white lotus, |
| definition | : | white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blue lotus, nymphaea caerulea, |
| definition | : | blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blue lotus, nymphaea stellata, |
| definition | : | blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cow lily, nuphar advena, spatterdock, yellow pond lily, |
| definition | : | common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nuphar sagittifolium, southern spatterdock, |
| definition | : | of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nuphar lutea, yellow water lily, |
| definition | : | a water lily with yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | indian lotus, lotus, nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus, |
| definition | : | native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american lotus, nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin, |
| definition | : | water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cabomba caroliniana, fanwort, water-shield, |
| definition | : | common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brasenia schreberi, water-shield, water-target, |
| definition | : | aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | lily pad, |
| definition | : | floating leaves of a water lily (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family nymphaeaceae, nymphaeaceae, water-lily family, |
| definition | : | dicot aquatic plants (noun.plant) |
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