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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 lilies
Synonyms:
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Nymphaea" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)
