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nelumbo

Noun

ne=lum=bo

WORDNET DICTIONARY

nelumbo(n = noun.plant) genus nelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses; Array

is a kind of magnoliid dicot genus

is a member of nelumbonaceae, subfamily nelumbonaceae

nelumbo, prop. n. [Ceylonese word.].

A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa. [1913 Webster]

nelumbo, n. (pl. -os) any water lily of the genus Nelumbo, native to India and China, bearing small pink flowers. Also called LOTUS.

Etymology

mod.L f. Sinh. nelum(bu)

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