| NOUN | plant | Nymphaea, genus Nymphaea | the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae |
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| Meaning | The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies. | |
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| Synonym | genus Nymphaea | |
| Member of | Nymphaeaceae, family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family | dicot aquatic plants |
| Members | European white lily, Nymphaea alba | A water lily with white flowers |
| lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus | white Egyptian lotus | |
| water nymph, fragrant water lily, pond lily, Nymphaea odorata | A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water | |
| Broader | magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| Spanish | genus nymphaea, nymphaea | |
| Catalan | genus nymphaea, nymphaea | |
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