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Meaning of NELUMBO

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
 
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 Synonyms: genus Nelumbo
 
 See Also: American lotus, magnoliid dicot genus, Nelumbo lutea, Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae, water chinquapin, yanquapin

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ne*lum"bo\, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.)
A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is
{Nelumbo lutea}, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, {N.
speciosa}. [Written also {Nelumbium}.]
 

 

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