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EGYPTIAN WATER LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian water lily mean?
• EGYPTIAN WATER LILY (noun)
The noun EGYPTIAN WATER LILY has 1 sense:
1. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN WATER LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus
Hypernyms ("Egyptian water lily" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("Egyptian water lily" is a member of...):
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)
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