Thesaurus: nymphaea

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1. n. A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
2. A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the name Nymphæa transferred to what is now known as Nuphar.
3. A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily andthe Egyptia lotus.
4. n. the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies