yellow water lily

American  

noun

1. any of several water lilies, as the spatterdock, Nuphar luteum, having yellow flowers.

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yellow water lily British  

noun

1. Also called: brandy bottle.  an aquatic nymphaeaceous plant, Nuphar lutea, of Europe and N Asia, having floating heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers

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Example Sentences

With the right container, simple is satisfying: Think of fat terra-cotta rounds overflowing with a single kind of scented-leafed geranium, or a yellow water lily floating in a cobalt blue urn.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023

I a light canoe will build me, That shall float upon the river, Like a yellow leaf in autumn, Like a yellow water lily!

From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers

I a light canoe will build me, 5 Build a swift Cheemaun for sailing, That shall float upon the river, Like a yellow leaf in autumn, Like a yellow water lily!

From Graded Poetry: Third Year by Various

June 30, and again on July 2, young individuals were closely observed while feeding on the leaves of the yellow water lily.

From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.