Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nymphaea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Water nymph \Wa"ter nymph`\
1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water,
whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.
2. (Bot.) A water lily ({Nymph[ae]a}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nymphaea \Nym*ph[ae]"a\, 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.
Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus
should be called {Castalia}, and the name {Nymph[ae]a}
transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Nymphaea
n : the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety
of water lilies [syn: {Nymphaea}, {genus Nymphaea}]
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