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lily pad

noun

  1. the large, floating leaf of a water lily.


lily pad

noun

  1. any of the floating leaves of a water lily
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lily pad1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Zion takes cover behind a statue of Buddha in the lily pad pond, and a corpse floats by.

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Beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water.

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“A lot of people like to store their lily pads from boating on a hoist,” pulley system, she says.

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He says while others have seen bisexuality as "a lily pad" - part of the journey to eventually coming out as gay - this was not the case for him.

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In a corner of a shallow pond, its dimly lit surface dotted with lily pads, a barefoot young woman crouches to light a stick of incense.

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