HyperDic: american_lotus

English > 1 sense of the expression American lotus:
NOUNplantAmerican lotus, water chinquapin, yanquapin, Nelumbo luteawater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
English > American lotus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds.
Synonymswater chinquapin, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea
Member ofNelumbo, genus Nelumbosometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae
Partswater chinquapinedible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
Broaderwater lilyAn aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
Spanishyanquapin
Catalanyanquapin

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