NOUN | plant | yanquapin, water chinquapin, American lotus, Nelumbo lutea | water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds |
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Meaning | water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds. | |
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Synonyms | water chinquapin, American lotus, Nelumbo lutea | |
Member of | Nelumbo, genus Nelumbo | sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae |
Parts | water chinquapin | edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin |
Broader | water lily | An aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae |
Spanish | yanquapin | |
Catalan | yanquapin |
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