单词 | water lily |
释义 | water lily (once / 16462 pages) n WORD FAMILY water lily: water lilies USAGE EXAMPLESQuave parked near the edge of a pond crowded with the overlapping parasols of water lilies. New York Times(Sep 14, 2016) European frogbit is a free-floating plant with heart-shaped leaves resembling miniature water lilies. Washington Times(Sep 19, 2016) Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet’s monumental water lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. Washington Times(Sep 06, 2016) n an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae Hypo|Hyper Nymphaea odorata, fragrant water lily, pond lily, water nymph a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions European white lily, Nymphaea albaa water lily with white flowers Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, lotus, white lily, white lotuswhite Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians Nymphaea caerulea, blue lotusblue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians Nymphaea stellata, blue lotusblue lotus of India and southeastern Asia Nuphar advena, cow lily, spatterdock, yellow pond lilycommon water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water Nuphar sagittifolium, southern spatterdockof flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams Nuphar lutea, yellow water lilya water lily with yellow flowers Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, lotus, sacred lotusnative to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapinwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds Cabomba caroliniana, fanwort, water-shieldcommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers Brasenia schreberi, water-shield, water-targetaquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant 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 |
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