Meaning & use
Nenuphar
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A water lily, especially one with white or yellow flowers, used chiefly in literary or historical writing.
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The poem described nenuphars drifting motionless on the still pond at dawn.
Painters of the era often included nenuphars in their depictions of quiet garden lakes.
A note on using this word
The word traveled into English through French and medieval Latin from Arabic and ultimately Persian roots, and now survives mainly as a poetic alternative to 'water lily.'
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water lily
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