HyperDic: nelumbo_lutea

English > 1 sense of the expression Nelumbo lutea:
NOUNplantNelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, American lotus, yanquapinwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
English > Nelumbo lutea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds.
Synonymswater chinquapin, American lotus, yanquapin
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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