water-lily family

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1.water-lily family - dicot aquatic plants family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceaemagnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsorder Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceaewater lily - an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceaegenus Nymphaea, Nymphaea - the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water liliesgenus Nuphar, Nuphar - spatterdocksNelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus NelumboCabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia