water lily

See also: waterlily

English

water lily (plural water lilies)

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

Any members of Nymphaeaceae

Japanese: スイレン (ja) (suiren), 睡蓮 (ja) (すいれん, suiren)
Korean: 수련 (ko) (suryeon) (睡蓮 (ko))
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: nîlûfer (ku)
Lao: ດອກບົວຂີ້ແບ້ (dǭk būa khī bǣ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vannlilje m or f, vasslilje m or f, nøkkerose m or f

Nynorsk: vasslilje f, nykkerose f
Persian: نیلوفر آبی‎ (fa) (nilufar-e âbi)
Polish: grzybienie pl
Portuguese: nenúfar (pt) m, ninfeia (pt) f
Romanian: nufăr (ro) m, nenufar (ro) m
Russian: кувши́нка (ru) f (kuvšínka), ненюфа́р (nenjufár)
Serbo-Croatian: локвањ m / lokvanj (sh) m, лопоч m / lopoč (sh) m
Spanish: nenúfar m, ninfea f
Swahili: yungiyungi (sw)
Swedish: näckros (sv) c
Turkish: nilüfer (tr), aksu gülü
Ukrainian: латаття (uk) n (latáttja)
Vietnamese: súng (vi)
Welsh: lili'r dŵr f

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