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FRAGRANT WATER LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fragrant water lily mean?
• FRAGRANT WATER LILY (noun)
The noun FRAGRANT WATER LILY has 1 sense:
1. a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
Familiarity information: FRAGRANT WATER LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fragrant water lily; Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; water nymph
Hypernyms ("fragrant water lily" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("fragrant 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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