Nelumbo

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:24:07

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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