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noun
the European white water lily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: originally
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Any species of the genus Nymphaea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
plural of nymphaeum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Nymphaea
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Broader terms: magnoliid dicot genus
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek νῠμφαία (nŭmphaía)der. Latin nymphaea English nymphaea From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.
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