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Nymphaea   Listen
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Nymphaea  n.  (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the name Nymphaea transferred to what is now known as Nuphar.





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"Nymphaea" Quotes from Famous Books



... seruja (Nymphaea nelumbo) as well as several other beautiful kinds of aquatic plants are found upon the inland waters of this country. Daun gundi or tabung bru (Nepenthes destillatoria) can scarcely be termed a flower, ...
— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden


Words linked to "Nymphaea" :   European white lily, water-lily family, white lily, water nymph, Nymphaea alba, family Nymphaeaceae, lotus, Nymphaea caerulea, Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaea stellata, Egyptian water lily, magnoliid dicot genus, pond lily, genus Nymphaea


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