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    WHITE LILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptiansplay

    Synonyms:

    Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):

    water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

    Holonyms ("white lily" is a member of...):

    genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Annunciation lily; Lent lily; Lilium candidum; Madonna lily; white lily

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("white lily" is a kind of...):

    lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)

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