The phrase "water lily is used to describe aquatic plants of the following families, which have lily pads:
- Nymphaeaceae, /ˌnɪmfiːˈeɪsiː/ is a family of flowering plants
- Nelumbonaceae (Nelumbo), also called "Lotus"
"Water lily may also be a reference to the following in popular culture:
- Water Lilies, a famous painting series by Claude Monet
- Water Lilies (film) (Naissance des pieuvres), a 2007 film by Céline Sciamma
- Water Lily Acoustics, a record label
- Waterlily (novel), a 1988 ethnographic novel by Ella Cara Deloria
- Lily pads, military slang for Cooperative Security Location
- Lilypad, a futuristic concept for artificial islands or floating cities, envisioned by architect Vincent Callebaut
- LilyPad Arduino
- Waterlillies, a male-female electronica–pop–trip hop duo from the 1990s
Famous quotes containing the words water and/or lily:
“A spring,
A pool among the rock
If there were the sound of water only”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace,
The fox in the forest, all had their desire,
As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor.”
—Ruth Pitter (b. 1897)