water lilies

     

The phrase water lily is use to describe aquatic plants of the following families:

Trivia about water lilies

  • This series of Monet works was painted near the end of his life when he was almost blind
  • Sara Teasdale wrote about these plants' "wet, sleepy fragrance"; Monet would understand
  • The Egyptian lotus is actually a member of these "water" plants that grow on the surface of rivers & streams