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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NYMPHAEA
Nym *phæ "a, n.
Etym:
[L.,
the
water
lily,
Gr.
(
Bot.
)
Defn: 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.
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