HyperDic: nelumbonaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Nelumbonaceae:
NOUNplantNelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceaein some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies
English > Nelumbonaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningIn some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo.
Synonymsubfamily Nelumbonaceae
Member ofNymphaeaceae, family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily familydicot aquatic plants
MembersNelumbo, genus Nelumbosometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae
Broadermagnoliid dicot familyfamily of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
CatalanNelumbonaceae

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