Nymphaea

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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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Nymphaea
NYMPHAEA, NYMPHAEUM. 1. （Νυμφαία,Scylax, p. 29; Νύμφαιον, Strab. 7. p. 309; App...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
nymphaea
nymphaea, ae, f., = νυμφαία (Lat.: clava Herculis; cf. Marc. Emp. 33), the water-lily , Plin. 25, ...

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