Definition of Cow lily

1. Noun. Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water.

Exact synonyms: Nuphar Advena, Spatterdock, Yellow Pond Lily
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nuphar, Nuphar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cow Lily

cow-orker
cow-orkers
cow-tongue fern
cow-tree
cow-wheat
cow barn
cow chip
cow cockle
cow corner
cow dung
cow face
cow hitch
cow hitches
cow juice
cow kidney
cow lily (current term)
cow man
cow manure
cow milk
cow milk anaemia
cow oak
cow parsley
cow parsleys
cow parsnip
cow parsnips
cow pasture
cow pat
cow pats
cow patties
cow patty

Literary usage of Cow lily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"... who kindly sent me living specimens of the larva of Donada próxima, found June 23 in the roots of the cow-lily ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1917)
"... The Holstein cow Dutch- ess Skylark Ormsby recently completed a year's record of 27761 Ib. of milk and 1205 Ib. of fat. The Ayrshire cow Lily of ..."

3. Agricultural Economics by Henry Charles Taylor (1921)
"By looking over the herd record he finds that his best cow, Bedelia, gave 13500 pounds of milk testing 3.8 per cent butterfat, whereas the poorest cow, Lily ..."

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