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water lily

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Species of genus Nymphoides, fringed water lily and similar plants.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Species of genus Nelumbo.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant

Narrower terms: water nymph, fragrant water lily, pond lily, Nymphaea odorata, European white lily, Nymphaea alba, lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus, blue lotus, Nymphaea caerulea, Nymphaea stellata, spatterdock, cow lily, yellow pond lily, Nuphar advena, southern spatterdock, Nuphar sagittifolium, yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, water chinquapin, American lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea, water-shield, fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana, Brasenia schreberi, water-target

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Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: тумгайак (tumgayak) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Armenian: նունուֆար (nunufar) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Assamese: ভেঁট (bhẽt) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Assamese: ভেঁটফুল (bhẽtophul) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Bengali: শাপলা (śapla) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Bashkir: томбойоҡ (tomboyoq) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Basque: nenufar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Belarusian: гарлачык (harlačyk) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Belarusian: вадзяная лілея (vadzjanaja liljeja) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Burmese: ကြာ (kra) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Catalan: nenúfar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Catalan: nimfea — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睡蓮 /睡莲 (shuìlián) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Crimean Tatar: nilüfer — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Czech: leknín — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Dutch: waterlelie — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Esperanto: akvolilio — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Esperanto: nimfeo — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Finnish: lummekasvi — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Finnish: lumme — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • French: nénufar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • French: nénuphar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Galician: nenúfar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Galician: tapadeira — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Georgian: დუმფარა (dumpara) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • German: Seerose — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Greek: νούφαρο (noúfaro) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Ancient Greek: λωτός (lōtós) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Hausa: bado — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנַּת מַיִם (shoshanát máyim) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Hindi: कुमुदिनी (kumudinī) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Hindi: कुमुद (kumud) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Hungarian: tündérrózsa — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Indonesian: bunga teratai — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Ingrian: vesikukka — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Irish: bior-rós — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Irish: bual-lile — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Irish: duilleog bháite — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Italian: ninfea — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Italian: giglio d'acqua — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Japanese: スイレン (suiren) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Japanese: 睡蓮 (suiren) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Kamta: ভেট (bhet) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Kamta: ঢেপ (dhep) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Kamta: ভেটফুল (bhetophul) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Kamta: ঢেপফুল (dhepophul) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Khmer: លំចង់ (lumcɑng) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Khmer: ព្រលឹត (prɔɔlɨt) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Korean: 수련 (suryeon) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Northern Kurdish: nîlûfer — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Lao: ດອກບົວຂີ້ແບ້ (dǭk būa khī bǣ) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Malayalam: ആമ്പൽ (āmpal) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannlilje — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vasslilje — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nøkkerose — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vasslilje — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nykkerose — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Persian: نیلوفر آبی (nilufar-e âbi) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Polish: nenufar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Polish: grzybień — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Polish: lilia wodna — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Portuguese: nenúfar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Portuguese: ninfeia — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Portuguese: vitória-régia — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Romanian: nufăr — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Romanian: nenufar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Russian: кувши́нка (kuvšínka) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Russian: ненюфа́р (nenjufár) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Sanskrit: उत्पल (utpala) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Sanskrit: कुमुद (kumuda) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Serbo-Croatian: локвањ — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Serbo-Croatian: lokvanj — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Serbo-Croatian: лопоч — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Serbo-Croatian: lopoč — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Sikkimese: ཀུ་མུད (ku mud) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Spanish: nenúfar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Spanish: ninfea — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Swahili: yungiyungi — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Swedish: näckros — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Sylheti: ꠅꠟ (ol) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Tamil: அல்லி (alli) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Tamil: ஆம்பல் (āmpal) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Thai: บัว (buua) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Thai: บัวสาย (buua-sǎai) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Tibetan: ཀུ་མུད (ku mud) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Translingual: Nymphaeaceae — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Turkish: nilüfer — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Turkish: aksu gülü — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Ukrainian: лата́ття (latáttja) — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Unami: mpiànàxkwim — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Vietnamese: súng — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Volapük: nufar — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Welsh: lili'r dŵr — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Welsh: alaw — Any members of Nymphaeaceae
  • Yucatec Maya: nikteʼ jaʼ — Any members of Nymphaeaceae