yellow water lily

noun

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

yellow water lily

an aquatic nymphaeaceous plant, Nuphar lutea, of Europe and N Asia, having floating heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers Also calledbrandy bottle

“I have been told that your food is chiefly the roots of the common yellow water lily,” said Father Thrift.

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

And the witch flew on the leaf of a yellow water-lily till she came straight over the place where Dermat was.

They said that the yellow water-lily could be none other than their sister, who was not dead, but transformed by the magic ball.

The lily of golden hue, the yellow water-lily, is the Nuphar lutea of botanists.

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