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POND LILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
Synonyms:
fragrant water lily; Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; water nymph
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pond lily" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("pond lily" is a member of...):
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)