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Definition of Cow lily
1. Noun. Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nuphar, Nuphar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cow Lily
Literary usage of Cow lily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"... who kindly sent me living specimens of the larva of Donada próxima, found June
23 in the roots of the cow-lily ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1917)
"... The Holstein cow Dutch- ess Skylark Ormsby recently completed a year's record
of 27761 Ib. of milk and 1205 Ib. of fat. The Ayrshire cow Lily of ..."
3. Agricultural Economics by Henry Charles Taylor (1921)
"By looking over the herd record he finds that his best cow, Bedelia, gave 13500
pounds of milk testing 3.8 per cent butterfat, whereas the poorest cow, Lily ..."
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