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nelumbo

nelumbo noun: any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.

Noun

nelumbo (plural nelumbos)

  1. Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.
    • Although almost all nelumbos are rated hardy to zone 5, or according to some optimists, zone 4, that rating assumes enough water and soil to protect the tubers from freezing.2007 December 27, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times

Forms of nelumbo

pluralnelumbos

Origin of nelumbo

From the genus name.

Questions about nelumbo

What does nelumbo mean?
Nelumbo means any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.
What part of speech is nelumbo?
Nelumbo is a noun.
What is the plural of nelumbo?
The plural of nelumbo is nelumbos.

Words near nelumbo in the dictionary

  1. Nelsonville
  2. neltenexine
  3. neltnerite
  4. nelumbium
  5. nelumbiums
  6. nelumbo
  7. nelumbonaceous
  8. nelumbos
  9. Nelungaloo
  10. NEM
  11. nem con

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