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cow lily

cow lily noun: a water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.

cow lily: a water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America
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Noun

cow lily (countable and uncountable, plural cow lilies)

  1. A water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.
    • Bess amused herself the other day by making a large bouquet entirely of yellow flowers of different shades and varieties, and it looked like a city milliner's window in this present season of "tilleul," "old gold," and "saffron:" vivid coreopsis, with dark velvet centres; "butter-and-eggs," with...1878, Annie Trumbull Slosson, “More Daisy Farm Letters”, in The China Hunters Club, page 201
    • The Cow Lily is very common in still or stagnant water, often growing so profusely that passage in boats is almost impossible.1910, Chester Albert Reed, Wild Flowers East of the Rockies, page 117

Synonyms of cow lily

Forms of cow lily

pluralcow lilies
alternative formcow-lily

Questions about cow lily

What does cow lily mean?
Cow lily means a water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.
What part of speech is cow lily?
Cow lily is a noun.
What is the plural of cow lily?
The plural of cow lily is cow lilies.

Words near cow lily in the dictionary

  1. cow juice
  2. cow juices
  3. cow killer
  4. cow killers
  5. cow lilies
  6. cow lily
  7. cow magnet
  8. cow magnets
  9. cow meat
  10. cow milk
  11. cow moose

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