nelumbo noun.
[nɪ'lʌmbǝʊ] Pl.
-os.
L18.[mod. Latin (see below), formed as NELUMBIUM.]Either of two water lilies of the genus
Nelumbo (family Nelumbonaceae), the sacred lotus of the East,
N. nucifera, and the American lotus,
N. lutea.
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