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    NELUMBO LUTEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    American lotus; Nelumbo lutea; water chinquapin; yanquapin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Nelumbo lutea" is a kind of...):

    water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

    Meronyms (parts of "Nelumbo lutea"):

    water chinquapin (edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin)

    Holonyms ("Nelumbo lutea" is a member of...):

    genus Nelumbo; Nelumbo (sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses)

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