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Definition of Nymphaea
1. Noun. The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily Family
Member holonyms: Fragrant Water Lily, Nymphaea Odorata, Pond Lily, Water Nymph, European White Lily, Nymphaea Alba, Egyptian Water Lily, Lotus, Nymphaea Lotus, White Lily, White Lotus
Definition of Nymphaea
1. Noun. (botany) Originally, the white water lily; later also, a species of the genus ''Nymphaea''. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of nymphaeum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nymphaea
1. nymphaeum [n] - See also: nymphaeum
Medical Definition of Nymphaea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphaea
Literary usage of Nymphaea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"1808.) Three or 4 species, mostly of the north temperate zone. nymphaea ...
nymphaea sagittifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 1Г>5. 1788. SOUTHERN YELLOW POND LILY. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Type species: nymphaea lutea L. Leaves broadly ovate or oval. ... nymphaea fraterna
Miller & Standley, recently described from the pine-barrens of New ..."
3. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"I must, in conclusion, make this remark on the lotus plant on which he is
represented seated, — that it is always the nymphaea Lotus, and in no instance the ..."
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