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WHITE LILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Synonyms:
Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("white lily" is a member of...):
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
Synonyms:
Annunciation lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Madonna lily; white lily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):
lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)
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