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lily pad
noun
- the large, floating leaf of a water lily.
lily pad
noun
- any of the floating leaves of a water lily
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lily pad1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences
There is Britney Spears in a neon-pink ball gown on a lily pad cooing for the camera.
From The Daily Beast
The fact is, your head is exactly the color of the lily-pad, and no one could distinguish it a few feet away.
From Project Gutenberg
The humming stopped and the Saucer floated in the moonlight like a giant metallic lily-pad, perhaps a half mile away.
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She made no move to arise, but kept prodding a lily pad in the water beside her with one taper finger.
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But when Mr. Cricket Frog came down again he landed squarely upon another lily-pad.
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A nibble of grass, and she waded far out from shore to sip there; then back, with a nod to a lily pad, and a sip nearer the brook.
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