Egyptian water lily and Water lily

Egyptian water lily noun - White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians.

Water lily and Egyptian water lily are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Water lily" instead a noun phrase "Egyptian water lily".

Water lily noun - An aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae.

Egyptian water lily and water lily are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Egyptian water lily" with "Water lily", this phrases are similar.