The phrase water lily is used to describe aquatic plants of the following families:
Other uses:
- Water Lilies, a famous painting series by Claude Monet.
- Water Lilies (film) (Naissance des pieuvres), a 2007 film by Céline Sciamma.
- Water Lily Acoustics, a record label.
- Waterlily, an ethnographic novel by Ella Cara Deloria.
- Lily pads is Military slang for Cooperative Security Location installations, a military term for a scaled down Military facility with little or no permanent personnel presence, which may contain pre-positioned equipment and/or logistical arrangements and serve both for security cooperation activities and contingency access. Often used as a staging ground for Special Forces and Intelligence operations.
- Lilypad, a futuristic concept for artificial islands or floating cities, envisioned by architect Vincent Callebaut