noun
- Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water.
- synonyms: naiad
- A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions.
- synonyms: fragrant water lily, pond lily, Nymphaea odorata
- Greek mythology. ( any nymph of the water)
- A fairy that inhabits water.
- synonyms: water sprite, water spirit
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