pond lily
any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
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How to use pond lily in a sentence
The fragrant white pond lily springs from the same black mud out of which the yellow lily sucks its obscene life and noisome odor.
Library Notes | A. P. RussellFor all reply I seized a handful of the pond lily pattern silver and gazed at it with a savage joy.
Murder in Any Degree | Owen JohnsonAs we drew nigh we could see that its smooth waters were thickly dotted with the pure blossoms of the pond-lily.
Stories and Sketches | Harriet S. CaswellAnother flower that one makes special excursions for is the pond-lily.
Riverby | John BurroughsThe ice cream may be in the pond-lily flowers, prepared as were the peonies in the June luncheon.
Gala Day Luncheons | Caroline Benedict Burrell
British Dictionary definitions for pond lily
another name for water lily
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