noun
sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
• Syn: ↑Nelumbo
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nelumbonaceae, ↑subfamily Nelumbonaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑water chinquapin, ↑American lotus, ↑yanquapin, ↑Nelumbo lutea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.