A Water Lily Description. Jun 23 2021 English Language Learners Definition of water lily. Physical description Most species of water lilies have rounded variously notched waxy-coated leaves on long stalks that contain many air spaces and float in quiet freshwater habitats.
Water lilies are spring and summer bloomers that bloom in a single elaborate and beautiful flower. Fragrant water lily is a floating-leaved plant with lobed leaves and spectacular white flowers. The stalks arise from thick fleshy creeping underwater stems that are buried in the mud.
Stems may be faintly striped and are round in cross-section containing a bundle of four large air passages.
Water Lily fruit are the berries of the Water Lily plant. The colors of the flowers also vary in different types of flowers. It belongs to the freshwater-plant family Nymphaeaceae. Long elastic stems rise toward the water surface from fleshy rhizomes buried in the sediments.