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GENUS NYMPHAEA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nymphaea mean? 

GENUS NYMPHAEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS NYMPHAEA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GENUS NYMPHAEA used as a noun is very rare.


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GENUS NYMPHAEA (noun)


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Meaning:

The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea

Hypernyms ("genus Nymphaea" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nymphaea"):

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; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus (white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians)

Holonyms ("genus Nymphaea" is a member of...):

family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)


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