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nymphaea |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Water nymph \Wa"ter nymph`\ 1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. 2. (Bot.) A water lily ({Nymph[ae]a}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nymphaea \Nym*ph[ae]"a\, n. [L., the water lily, Gr ?.] (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 {Nymph[ae]a} transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Nymphaea n : the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies [syn: {Nymphaea}, {genus Nymphaea}]
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