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Definition of Nymphaeaceae
1. Noun. Dicot aquatic plants.
Exact synonyms: Family Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily Family
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Water Lily, Genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea, Genus Nuphar, Nuphar, Nelumbonaceae, Subfamily Nelumbonaceae, Cabombaceae, Subfamily Cabombaceae, Water-shield Family
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Water Lily, Genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea, Genus Nuphar, Nuphar, Nelumbonaceae, Subfamily Nelumbonaceae, Cabombaceae, Subfamily Cabombaceae, Water-shield Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphaeaceae
Literary usage of Nymphaeaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Native of India, Persia, China, Japan and Australia. A superb plant, often cultivated.
July- Aug. Family 28. Nymphaeaceae DC. Propr. Med. Ed. 2, 119. ..."
2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Siena, 1906, p. 169.—[For additional literature, see p. 1169.] Nymphaeaceae (pp.
47-51). 2. STRUCTURE OF THE LEAF. It is characteristic of the stomata of ..."