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Definition of Nelumbo

Nelumbo
Nelumbo Ne*lum"bo, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]

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- Nelumbo /nɪˈlʌmboʊ/ is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various...
- Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae...
- Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. Common names include American lotus, yellow lotus, water-chinquapin, and volée...
- identifies various plant taxa: Nelumbo, a genus of aquatic plants with showy flowers known as lotuses, having two extant species: Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred or...
- Look up Nelumbo nucifera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lotus flower usually refers to the pink or white flower of Nelumbo nucifera, the "Indian...
- seed or lotus nut is the seed of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera. The seeds are used in Asian cuisine and traditional...
- "Indian People's Party". The Symbol of the party is the flower Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Lotus has a cultural significance within India as well as Hinduism...
- aquatic flowering plants. Nelumbo is the sole extant genus, containing Nelumbo lutea, native to North America, and Nelumbo nucifera, widespread in Asia...
- cold arctic and montane habitats in the far north of America and Eurasia. Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred lotus, grows in warm freshwater across tropical and...
- Nuciferine is an alkaloid found within the plants Nymphaea caerulea and Nelumbo nucifera. Preliminary psychopharmacological research in 1978 was unable...