Nelumbo

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nelumbo \Ne*lum"bo\, prop. n. [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}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nelumbo
       n : sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses [syn: {genus
           Nelumbo}]