Nym`phae´a
| prop. n. | 1. | (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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Nymphaea - the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water liliesmagnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms fragrant water lily, Nymphaea odorata, pond lily, water nymph - a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions European white lily, Nymphaea alba - a water lily with white flowers Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, white lotus, white lily, lotus - white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians |
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