"water lily" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-water lily.wav [UK] Forms: water lilies [plural]
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  1. Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves (lily pads) and flowers floating on the water surface. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Nymphaeales order plants, Proteales order plants, Water plants Translations (Any members of Nymphaeaceae): λωτός (lōtós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), նունուֆար (nunufar) (Armenian), томбойоҡ (tomboyoq) (Bashkir), nenufar (Basque), гарлачык (harlačyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), вадзяная лілея (vadzjanaja liljeja) [feminine] (Belarusian), ကြာ (kra) (Burmese), nenúfar [masculine] (Catalan), nimfea [feminine] (Catalan), 睡蓮 (Chinese Mandarin), 睡莲 (shuìlián) (Chinese Mandarin), nilüfer (Crimean Tatar), leknín [masculine] (Czech), waterlelie [feminine] (Dutch), akvolilio (Esperanto), nimfeo (Esperanto), lummekasvi (Finnish), lumme (Finnish), nénufar [masculine] (French), nénuphar [masculine] (French), nenúfar [masculine] (Galician), tapadeira [feminine] (Galician), Seerose [feminine] (German), νούφαρο (noúfaro) [neuter] (Greek), bado (Hausa), שׁוֹשַׁנַּת מַיִם (shoshanát máyim) [feminine] (Hebrew), tündérrózsa (Hungarian), bunga teratai (Indonesian), vesikukka (Ingrian), bior-rós [masculine] (Irish), bual-lile [feminine] (Irish), duilleog bháite (english: leaf) [feminine] (Irish), ninfea [feminine] (Italian), giglio d'acqua [masculine] (Italian), スイレン (suiren) (Japanese), 睡蓮 (suiren) (alt: すいれん) (Japanese), លំចង់ (lumcɑng) (Khmer), ព្រលឹត (prɔɔlɨt) (Khmer), 수련 (suryeon) (alt: 睡蓮) (Korean), ດອກບົວຂີ້ແບ້ (dǭk būa khī bǣ) (Lao), ആമ്പൽ (āmpal) (Malayalam), nîlûfer (Northern Kurdish), vannlilje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vasslilje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nøkkerose [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vasslilje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nykkerose [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نیلوفر آبی (nilufar-e âbi) (Persian), nenufar [masculine] (Polish), grzybień [masculine] (Polish), lilia wodna [feminine] (Polish), nenúfar [masculine] (Portuguese), ninfeia [feminine] (Portuguese), vitória-régia (Portuguese), nufăr [masculine] (Romanian), nenufar [masculine] (Romanian), кувши́нка (kuvšínka) [feminine] (Russian), ненюфа́р (nenjufár) (Russian), локвањ [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lokvanj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), лопоч [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lopoč [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nenúfar [masculine] (Spanish), ninfea [feminine] (Spanish), yungiyungi (Swahili), näckros [common-gender] (Swedish), บัว (buua) (Thai), บัวสาย (buua-sǎai) (Thai), Nymphaeaceae (Translingual), nilüfer (Turkish), aksu gülü (Turkish), лата́ття (latáttja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), súng (Vietnamese), nufar (Volapük), lili'r dŵr [feminine] (Welsh), alaw [feminine, literary] (Welsh), nikteʼ jaʼ (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-water_lily-en-noun-twgTMVtY Disambiguation of Flowers: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 38 32 31 Disambiguation of Proteales order plants: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Water plants: 32 40 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 37 41 Disambiguation of 'Any members of Nymphaeaceae': 69 8 23
  2. Species of genus Nymphoides, the fringed water lily and similar plants. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Nymphaeales order plants, Proteales order plants, Water plants Synonyms: water-lily, waterlily
    Sense id: en-water_lily-en-noun-86lNx93a Disambiguation of Flowers: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 38 32 31 Disambiguation of Proteales order plants: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Water plants: 32 40 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 37 41
  3. Species of genus Nelumbo. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Nymphaeales order plants, Proteales order plants, Water plants
    Sense id: en-water_lily-en-noun-5R1a4Bu5 Disambiguation of Flowers: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 38 32 31 Disambiguation of Proteales order plants: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Water plants: 32 40 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 37 41

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          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "tündérrózsa"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "bunga teratai"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "vesikukka"
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          "english": "leaf",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "word": "duilleog bháite"
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          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "word": "giglio d'acqua"
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          "roman": "suiren",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "スイレン"
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          "word": "睡蓮"
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "lumcɑng",
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          "word": "លំចង់"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɔɔlɨt",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "ព្រលឹត"
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          "alt": "睡蓮",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "suryeon",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "수련"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "nîlûfer"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "dǭk būa khī bǣ",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "ດອກບົວຂີ້ແບ້"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "āmpal",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "word": "ആമ്പൽ"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vannlilje"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "word": "vasslilje"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "word": "nøkkerose"
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          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nilufar-e âbi",
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          "word": "vitória-régia"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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          "word": "локвањ"
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          "word": "lokvanj"
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          "word": "лопоч"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кувши́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenjufár",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "ненюфа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "локвањ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lokvanj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лопоч"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lopoč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nenúfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ninfea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "yungiyungi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "näckros"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "buua",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "บัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "buua-sǎai",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "บัวสาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "mul",
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "Nymphaeaceae"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "nilüfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "aksu gülü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "latáttja",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лата́ття"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "súng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "nufar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lili'r dŵr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "alaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "Any members of Nymphaeaceae",
      "word": "nikteʼ jaʼ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "water lily"
  ],
  "word": "water lily"
}

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