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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER LILY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER LILY

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Water lily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WATER LILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of water lily in the English dictionary

The definition of water lily in the dictionary is any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea and related genera, of temperate and tropical regions, having large leaves and showy flowers that float on the surface of the water: family Nymphaeaceae. Other definition of water lily is any of various similar and related plants, such as the yellow water lily.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER LILY

water hole
water horehound
water hyacinth
water ice
water inlet
water intoxication
water jacket
water jump
water leguaan
water level
water line
water lobelia
water louse
water main
water meadow
water measurer
water meter
water milfoil
water mill
water mint

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER LILY

African lily
arum lily
blackberry lily
calla lily
day lily
Easter lily
fawn lily
gild the lily
glory lily
lily
Madonna lily
mariposa lily
Mount Cook lily
Peruvian lily
plantain lily
pond lily
sea lily
sword lily
tiger lily
white water lily
yellow water lily

Synonyms and antonyms of water lily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «water lily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER LILY

Find out the translation of water lily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water lily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water lily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

睡莲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lirio de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water lily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी लिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زنبق الماء.
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кувшинка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nenúfar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাপলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nénuphar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air lily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seerose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スイレン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수련
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banyu lily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây bông súng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் அல்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी कमळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nilüfer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giglio di acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grążel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

латаття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crin de apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νούφαρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waterlelie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

näckros
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vannlilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water lily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER LILY»

The term «water lily» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.508 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER LILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «water lily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «water lily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water lily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER LILY»

Discover the use of water lily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to water lily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, The Quest to ...
In The Flower of Empire, Tatiana Holway tells the story of this magnificent lily, revealing how it touched nearly every aspect of Victorian life, art, and culture.
Tatiana Holway, 2013
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Water Lily
Runa is a young Japanese high school teacher leaving the country to avoid the scandal she has created by sleeping with one of her students.
Susanna Jones, 2011
3
Water Lily
The last thing Michelle wants to do is dredge up a lot of old memories and relive a part of her past that wasn't that great in the first place. Will the murky waters of the past destroy their dreams of a future, or will a water lily rise?
Sherrie Hansen, 2010
4
The Water Lily Fairy
The Water Lily Fairy is a story of a fairy who was curious about the people in Corleone, Sicily.
Mary Ann Vitale, 2011
5
The Onion You Are Eating Is Someone Else's Water Lily
Trouble breaks out when several boys from their religious group play a prank at the official church. "This work makes a contribution toward retaining a fast-vanishing culture that of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Bernice Gorham Cherry, 2004
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The Log of the Water Lily (Thames Gig): During Two Cruises ...
ADVERTISEMENT. The kindness with which the “Log of the Water Lily" and the “ Water Lily on the Danube” were received by an indulgent Public has induced the Author to reproduce the two Books in one volume. -— The Log of the Water Lily ...
Robert Blachford Mansfield, 1854
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The Royal Water-Lily of South America
""In this 1851 text, George Lawson aims to place before the general reader a popular, yet full and accurate, history of the royal water lily of South America, as well as an account of the water lilies found in the lakes and rivers of Great ...
George Lawson, 2009
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Water Lily
After a tsunami destroys her grandfather's ranch in Hawaii, Darby must help her friend, Cade, find his mother, who has been missing since the storm.
Terri Farley, 2008
9
The Water Lily Fairy at the Ice Cream Palace
The Fairy made a special day for the children. She caused these men to be jealous and saved Ice Cream Day for the children. Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to poor children's organizations.
Mary Ann Vitale, 2013
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The Water Lily Pond[: A Village Girl’s Journey in Maoist China
A Village Girl's Journey in Maoist China Han Z. Li. Observing my awkwardness, he said, “Your auntie has told me that you are soon going abroad. Congratulations!” I could tell he was truly happy for me. I did not know what to say . I had mixed ...
Han Z. Li, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER LILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term water lily is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Robotic Insect Can Jump on Water Without Making a Splash …
The Water Lily pond at the Auckland Domain Wintergardens on June 16, 2014 in ... A new robot insect has been created with the ability to jump on water without ... «Latinos Post, Jul 15»
2
On hot summer days, the lotus blossoms of Kenilworth beckon
That particular water lily was named in honor of Queen Victoria. Water lilies remind me of the Victorian era, when pith-helmeted Englishmen tromped through the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Claude Monet's Water Lily Paintings Almost Never Existed
Claude Monet completed around 250 paintings of his water lily garden in northern France, with the most valuable work selling for $80.4 million at a London ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
4
New water lily species identified in Kimberley
The group used four-wheel-drives and a helicopter to scour remote waterways for a rare type of water lily that had never before been scientifically recorded. «ABC Online, May 15»
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Why would someone steal the world's rarest water lily?
As usual, he had also checked on the rarest, and most endangered, plant in the glasshouse, the Nymphaea thermarum, which is the smallest water lily in the ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
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The world's smallest water lily was stolen from London's Kew Gardens
But the thermal water lily disappeared from the site in Africa about two years ago "due to over-exploitation of the hot spring that fed this fragile habitat", the Kew ... «Public Radio International, Jan 14»
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'Priceless' African water lily stolen from London's Kew Gardens
In a crime that will shock the green-fingered, a thief has made off with the tiny water lily Nymphaea thermarum -- one of the rarest plants in the world -- from a ... «CNN, Jan 14»
8
Christie's to Auction a Monet Painting
In another sign that the smart money set is selling art this auction season, Christie's plans to auction off a Claude Monet painting of a water lily pond for between ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 12»
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Water lilies bring beauty to well-kept ponds
The yellow pond lily (Nuphar polysepalum) is considered Utah's only native water lily. Its 3-inch yellow flowers are not fragrant. The Ute Indians used the roots of ... «Deseret News, Aug 10»
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No pond? No problem! Water lilies thrive in containers
Many water lilies bear flowers 6 to 12 inches wide and spread 12 square feet or more ... A dwarf water lily can inhabit a smaller container happily, although it isn't ... «Naples Daily News, Mar 10»

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