water lily

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Water lily

[edit] Noun

Singular
water lily

Plural
water lilies

water lily (plural water lilies)

(botany) Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface.

[edit] Translations

Any members of Nymphaeaceae

Croatian: lopoč hr(hr) m.
Dutch: waterlelie f.
Finnish: lummekasvi fi(fi), lumme fi(fi)
French: nénufar fr(fr) m.
German: Seerose de(de) f.
Hungarian: tündérrózsa hu(hu)
Indonesian: bunga teratai
Italian: ninfea it(it) f.

Japanese: スイレン ja(ja) (suiren), 睡蓮 ja(ja) (すいれん, suiren)
Persian: نیلوفر آبی fa(fa)
Polish: grzybienie pl(pl) n.
Romanian: nufăr ro(ro) m.
Russian: кувшинка ru(ru)
Serbian: lokvanj m., lopoč m.
Spanish: nenúfar es(es) m., ninfea es(es) f.
Swahili: yungiyungi sw(sw)

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