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Meanings of waterlily in anglès

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

Usage of waterlily in anglès
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The waterlily house at Kew Gardens in May 2013.
The Guardian
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Her face is as white as a waterlily!
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
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These are the summer beauties from many a Monet; indeed they are floating towards a waterlily reef.
The Guardian
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Yet already, on a mantled pool we journeyed softly by, the waterlily was unfolding, the swan afloat in beauty.
Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange,...
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The depiction of his famous waterlily garden and Japanese bridge is one of only two of… Read more Audio
Radio NZ
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When I touch one I get a warm, flowering feeling above my eyes, like a waterlily opening in a pond.'
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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She treated them all to another smile, which caused them to step back uneasily, and plucked a waterlily flower from her hair.
Strata
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The leaves are larger than those of the waterlily, to which they bear a great resemblance, and the blossoms are full double the size.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
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There is no up nor down in these late waterlily panels but simply passages of colour, sprawls of pigment, localised flurries and bunches of paint.
The Guardian
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The memories were strangling me like the tangle of waterlilies fouling boats' oars.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Loveydear-why ,sheknew Loveydear-thebeautiful dragon-fly who lived at the lakeside among the waterlilies.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
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It was too cold here for waterlilies, or even down the mountain at Tiksi.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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I had an errand there: gathering waterlilies 126
The lord of the rings
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A prodigy, a natural, born to paint … a 1899 painting of waterlilies.
The Guardian
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Grow waterlilies in it to keep it oxygenated.
The Guardian
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His own life had been spent in praying, musing, and rhyming among the waterlilies of the Ouse.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
Waterlily through the time