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Princeton's WordNet
Nelumbo, genus Nelumbonoun
sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
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nelumbonoun
Any of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies.
Etymology: From the genus name.
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Nelumbo
Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae ("water lilies"), but Nelumbo is actually very distant to that family. There are only two known living species of lotus; Nelumbo nucifera is native to East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and probably Australia, and is better-known. It is commonly cultivated; it is eaten and used in traditional Chinese medicine. The other lotus is Nelumbo lutea, which is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two allopatric species.
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nelumbo
Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants, commonly known as lotus, in the family Nelumbonaceae. The most commonly cultivated species under this genus are the Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, and the American Lotus, Nelumbo lutea. They are known for their distinctive, large, disc-shaped leaves that float on the water's surface and their showy, rose-like flowers. These plants have cultural and religious significance in many Asian cultures.
Webster Dictionary
Nelumbonoun
a genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa
Etymology: [Ceylonese word.]
Wikidata
Nelumbo
Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling the water lily, but not closely related to it. It is commonly called lotus, though this name may be applied to other genera, and there is an unrelated genus Lotus. The generic name is derived from the Sinhalese word Nelum. There are only two known living species in the genus. The sacred lotus is native to Asia, and is the better known of the two. It is commonly cultivated, and also used in Chinese medicine and cooking. This species is the national flower of Egypt, India and Vietnam. The American lotus is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two geographically separated species. A third, extinct species, N. aureavallis, is known from Eocene fossils from North Dakota, United States.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nelumbo
nē-lum′bō, n. a genus of water-lilies including the Egyptian Bean of Pythagoras, and the Hindu Lotus.—Also Nelum′bium. [Ceylon name.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Nelumbo
A plant genus of the family NELUMBONACEAE. The common name of lotus is also for LOTUS and NYMPHAEA.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nelumbo in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nelumbo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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