| NOUN | plant | subfamily Nelumbonaceae, Nelumbonaceae | in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies |
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| Meaning | In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo. | |
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| Synonym | Nelumbonaceae | |
| Member of | Nymphaeaceae, family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family | dicot aquatic plants |
| Members | Nelumbo, genus Nelumbo | sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae |
| Broader | magnoliid dicot family | family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| Catalan | Nelumbonaceae | |
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