NOUN | plant | white lily, Madonna lily, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum | lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers |
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plant | white lily, lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus | white Egyptian lotus |
Meaning | lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers. | |
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Synonyms | Madonna lily, Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum | |
Broader | lily | Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers |
Catalan | Lilium candidum |
Meaning | white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians. | |
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Synonyms | lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus | |
Member of | Nymphaea, genus Nymphaea | The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae |
Broader | water lily | An aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae |
Catalan | lotus egipci, Nymphaea lotus |
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