Nymphaea

2 definitions found

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

  Nymphaea \Nym*phae"a\, prop. n. [L., the water lily, Gr. ?.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,
     pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water
     lily and the Egyptia lotus.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus
           should be called {Castalia}, and the name {Nymphaea}
           transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nymphaea
       n : the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety
           of water lilies [syn: {genus Nymphaea}]