lilypond

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noun

A pond in which water lilies grow.

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Meanings

nounlilypond (plural lilyponds)

plural lilyponds

  1. A pond in which water lilies grow.

    Only van Gogh's sunrise and Monet's lilypond had their glories undiminished […]

    1941, Upton Sinclar, Between Two Worlds I, Simon Publications, published 2001, →ISBN, page 3
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    He had walked towards the middle of an ornamental lilypond when innebriated up to the point where braced shirts meet knickerbockers, […]

    1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 98

    Seldom busy, the gardens offer everything from formal lilyponds and billiard table-smooth lawns to joyous bursts of floral colour and the russets, golds and greens of an arboretum.

    2003, Mike Parker, Paul Whitfield, Wales, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 126

Origin

From lily + pond.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pondlily
Cite this entry
APA

lilypond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilypond

MLA

“lilypond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilypond. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lilypond,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilypond.

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