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Definition of Fragrant water lily
1. Noun. A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fragrant Water Lily
Literary usage of Fragrant water lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Guide Through the Phipps Conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny by Gustave Guttenberg (1894)
"Nymphaea odorat'a, this is our American fragrant Water Lily especially abundant
in lakes, ponds and marshes near the Atlantic coast. N. odorata Carolinan'a, ..."
2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1892)
"Nymphaea odorata is our own well known, fragrant water lily, and is considered
by many the most beautiful of hardy varieties. N. odorata rosea has beautiful ..."
3. Florula Bostoniensis: A Collection of Plants of Boston and Its Environs by Jacob Bigelow (1814)
"fragrant water lily. Leaves heart-shaped, entire, emarginate, the lobes divaricate
with a blunt point; calyx four leaved. ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Fragrant water-lily Herbaceous perennial, floating-leaf aquatic Quiet water of
lakes and ponds. ..."
5. The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review by Charles Waters Banks (1846)
"О sweet lily ! fragrant water- lily, " who came by water and by blood." " White is
his soul from blemish free, Red with the blood he shed for me. ..."
6. Ornamental Gardening for Americans: A Treatise on Beautifying Homes, Rural by Elias A. Long (1899)
"But it is easy to grow any of the aquatics, even the much-admired fragrant Water
Lily, without having a natural body of water on the grounds. ..."
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