0 any of various plants with a large, bell-shaped flower on a long stem
1 a plant with large, usually bell-shaped flowers on long stems
Separating out the core of the material world would be like draining the pond where a water lily grows.
The lily house was the discrete enclosure that rendered the plant's life and the interior amenable to observation and precise measurement.
The sunflower, lily and peacock feather therefore distanced their user from the world of feminine frills.
According to this story, the water lily is associated with the moment of creation.
The water lily is the flower of the underworld-the place of creation.
And why did specific motifs - say lilies, monkeys or papyrusreed-marguerita hybrids - gain one symbolic meaning rather than another?
These products included ginger, yams, lily bulbs, dried ducks, dried fish and dried ducks' gizzards.
A water lily emerging from the water and opening its petals at dawn.
