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EUROPEAN WHITE LILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European white lily mean? 

EUROPEAN WHITE LILY (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN WHITE LILY has 1 sense:

1. a water lily with white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: EUROPEAN WHITE LILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUROPEAN WHITE LILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A water lily with white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

European white lily; Nymphaea alba

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

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

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

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


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