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
• Syn: ↑spatterdock, ↑yellow pond lily, ↑Nuphar advena
• Hypernyms: ↑water lily
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nuphar, ↑genus Nuphar
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noun1. : a marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
2. : spatterdock
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spatterdock.
[1860-65, Amer.]
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cow lily,
the nuphar or spatterdock.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.