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Gryphaea
Gryphaea Gry*ph[ae]"a, n. [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen.
gryphis, a griffin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.
NymphaeaWater 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). NymphaeaNymphaea 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. NymphaeaNymphaea 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. Nymphaea LotusLotus Lo"tus, n. [L. lotus, Gr. ?. Cf. Lote.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium
speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in
Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum,
the American lotus; and Nymph[ae]a Lotus and N.
c[ae]rulea, the respectively white-flowered and
blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with
Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient
monuments.
(b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain
(Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly
sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers
who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all
desire to return to it.
(c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
(d) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling
clover. [Written also lotos.]
European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of
Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish
black berry, which is called also the date plum. Phaeacian
Phaeacian Ph[ae]*a"cian, a.
Of or pertaining to the Ph[ae]acians, a fabulous seafaring
people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned
by Homer.
Meaning of Phaea from wikipedia
- Hus Krommúōn) is a pig in Gr**** mythology. It was
owned by a
woman named Phaea (Φαιά Phaiā́, "grey") and was
sometimes called by that name itself. The...
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Campomanesia phaea is a
species of
plant in the
family Myrtaceae. The
plant is
endemic to the
Atlantic Forest ecoregion in
southeastern Brazil. It is...
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Umbilicaria phaea is a brown,
umbilicate foliose lichen that
grows up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter,
sometimes in
colonies covering large patches of desert...
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California A. r.
pacifica Merriam, 1899:
distributed across coastal Oregon A. r.
phaea Merriam, 1899:
found mostly in
Point Reyes,
northwest of San Francisco,...
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Eupithecia phaea is a moth in the
family Geometridae. It is
found in Mongolia. The
wingspan is
about 19 mm. The fore and
hindwings are pale
whitish grey...
- The
little woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa
phaea) is a nocturnal,
arboreal and
mainly solitary South American marsupial of the
family Didelphidae. It is...
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Phaea crocata is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by
Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is
known from
Panama and...
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Phaea saperda is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by
Newman in 1840. It is
known from Belize, Guatemala,
Honduras and...
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Phaea coccinea is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by
Henry Walter Bates in 1866. It is
known from Brazil. BioLib.cz -...
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Phaea johni is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by
Chemsak in 1999. It is
known from Panama. BioLib.cz -
Phaea johni. Retrieved...
