nymphaea

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Definition

  1. noun the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies

Etymology

From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.

In classic literature

Synonyms

genus Nymphaea

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