Definitions for water-lily

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Water-Lily is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in water-lily (-aeillrtwy).

Definitions for water-lily

noun

  1. any of various aquatic plants of the genus Nymphaea, species of which have large, disklike, floating leaves and showy flowers, especially N. odorata, of America, or N. alba, of Europe. Compare water lily family.
  2. any related plant of the genus Nuphar.
  3. a plant of the water lily family.
  4. the flower of any such plant.

Origin of water-lily

First recorded in 1540-50

Examples for water-lily

Why the notches of a fern leaf or the stamen of a water lily?

When we had the water lily we planned to have nobody but the jolliest ones we knew.

He was off the boat in an instant and very soon the water lily had begun her trip.

What we are to do with the water lily; how to safely get the most pleasure out of it.

Not till then did he consider how he was to get that heavy load to the water lily.

She is represented as seated in a water lily and playing on a lute.

It was an eager company gathered in the big saloon of the water lily.

The ‘water lily’ is the most complete craft of its kind I ever saw.

The water lily belongs to my little niece and it is she who will pay the bills.

He was pondering how best and soonest to “follow” the water lily, as he had been bid.

Word Value for water-lily
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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