white lily

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1. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	water lily,
definition	:	an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus nymphaea, nymphaea,
definition	:	the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies (noun.plant)

2. lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	lily,
definition	:	any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers (noun.plant)