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YELLOW POND LILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow pond lily mean? 

YELLOW POND LILY (noun)
  The noun YELLOW POND LILY has 1 sense:

1. common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish waterplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW POND LILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW POND LILY (noun)


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Meaning:

Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily

Hypernyms ("yellow pond lily" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("yellow pond lily" is a member of...):

genus Nuphar; Nuphar (spatterdocks)


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