water lily

noun

any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea, species of which have large, disklike, floating leaves and showy flowers, especially N. odorata, of America, or N. alba, of Europe. Compare water lily family.
any related plant of the genus Nuphar.
a plant of the water lily family.
the flower of any such plant.

water lily

any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea and related genera, of temperate and tropical regions, having large leaves and showy flowers that float on the surface of the water: family Nymphaeaceae
any of various similar and related plants, such as the yellow water lily

First recorded in 1540–50

The ponds were half covered with the white water-lily, and some other aquatic plants of the country.

I have read somewhere that it delights in eating the nymphœa, or water-lily.

This Clote leaf is by many considered to be the Burdock leaf, but it was more probably the name of the Water-lily.

But “Izibu”—meaning water-lily—Verna considered rather pretty and poetic, and did not discourage its use.

This they tied to their necks with some of the tough water-lily roots, and returned as quickly as they could to the turtle.

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