| any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock. |

| pond lily n. See water lily. |
| water lily n. Any of various cosmopolitan aquatic herbs of the genus Nymphaea, having floating leaves and showy, variously colored flowers, especially N. odorata, with fragrant many-petaled white or pinkish flowers. Also called pond lily. |