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Webster 1913 Edition

Nelumbo

‖

Ne-lum′bo

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[Ceylonese word.]

(Bot.)

A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is

Nelumbo lutea

, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus,

Nelumbo speciosa

.

[Written also

Nelumbium

.]