pond lilyn.
/ˈpɒnd ˌlɪli/, U.S. /ˈpɑnd ˌlɪli/ Chiefly U.S.
Any of several chiefly yellow North American water lilies, esp. the spatterdock, Nuphar advena.
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edockec1000
water rose?a1300
mead-flower?a1350
water beanc1400
water coltsfoot14..
nenuphar?a1425
water lily?a1425
lotec1487
lotusc1487
nymphaea1543
water-can1622
can-dock1661
lotus flower1710
pond lily1748
Indian lotus1797
padma1799
Nuphar1822
beaver-root1832
splatterdock1832
frog-lily1845
brandy-bottle1846
Victoria1846
water nymph1848
lotus lily1857
cow-lily1862
pool lily1902
1748 J. Eliot Ess. Field-husbandry in New-Eng. 6 It was not a natural Pond, but made so upon design...It was overgrown with Pond Lilly's.
1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 167 The lake is covered..with the large pond-lily.
1827 Western Monthly Rev. 1 251 The flowers are large, of a pure white, nearest resembling the northern pond-lily.
1846 Knickerbocker 27 52 A little mill-pond..is covered all over with pond-lilies and rank grasses.
1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 14 All this splendor goes into that hammock, and sways there like a pond-lily.
1911 G. Stratton-Porter Harvester vii. 121 The pond lilies are just beginning to open.
1947 E. Paul Linden on Saugus Branch 367 On the Linden ponds, frogs' eggs, turtles, pond lilies with flat leaves, not shaped like plates.
1974 H. W. Rickett Wild Flowers of U.S. VI. i. 130 The conspicuous part of the yellow pond-lilies is the calyx.
2003 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 16 Sept. b3 A spit of land covered with moss and ferns juts into the shallow water, where pond lilies welcome the morning sun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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