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Rooms Twenty-four one- and two-bedroom tents are fronted by a winding lagoon dotted with lily pads and bordered by tropical greenery.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026 Nancy Epstein, founder and chairman of the board at Artistic Tile, chose walls of a custom glass mosaic in a languid lily pad pattern for her home.—Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026 In the morning room, Fromental wallpaper hand-embroidered with lily pads set the tone.—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2026 These works are Impressionistic, displaying washes of scenes featuring elements like lily pads and flowers, some of them incorporating gold leaf as an accent in reference to the Japanese kintsugi technique.—Evan Nicole Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lily pad