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nymphaeas

nymphaeas is the plural of nymphaea.

Meaning of nymphaea

Noun

nymphaea (plural nymphaeas)

  1. (originally) the European white water lily.
    • Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. Any species of the genus Nymphaea.

Questions about nymphaeas

What is nymphaeas the plural of?
Nymphaeas is the plural of nymphaea.

Words near nymphaeas in the dictionary

  1. nymph of the pavé
  2. nympha
  3. nymphae
  4. nymphaea
  5. nymphaeaceous
  6. nymphaeas
  7. nymphaeid
  8. nymphaeids
  9. nymphaeum
  10. nymphaeums
  11. nymphal

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