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    GENUS NYMPHAEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water liliesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Nymphaea" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Nymphaea"):

    fragrant water lily; Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; water nymph (a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions)

    European white lily; Nymphaea alba (a water lily with white flowers)

    Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus (white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians)

    Holonyms ("genus Nymphaea" is a member of...):

    family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)

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