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pond lily
noun
- any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
pond lily
noun
- another name for water lily
Word History and Origins
Origin of pond lily1
Example Sentences
One that the botanical garden’s plant-information line gets a lot of inquiries about is a 19th-century hybrid, Begonia Erythrophylla, the beefsteak or pond lily begonia, that often shows up in old hand-me-down pots.
There, we shared the lovely view of pond lilies and meadows with only some curious gray jays.
The saris of the wading women floated on the surface of the water like the petals of pond lilies.
They collected an additional four thousand crates of pond lily roots, which Olmsted’s men quickly planted, only to watch most of the roots succumb to the ever-changing levels of the lake.
Great Lakes peoples cultivated rice, cattails, and pond lilies.
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