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Definition of Genus Nelumbo
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Nelumbonaceae, Subfamily Nelumbonaceae
Member holonyms: American Lotus, Nelumbo Lutea, Water Chinquapin, Yanquapin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nelumbo
Literary usage of Genus Nelumbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"Among common names the term "Lotus" has been remarkably misapplied. It seems to
be consistently used among us for the genus Nelumbo, ..."
2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... was proposed by the writer in 1911 for ancestral forms related to the modern
genus Nelumbo, ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The genus Nelumbo is represented by two living species, one of which is restricted
in distribution to Asia, the other to Eastern North America. ..."
4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... was proposed by the writer in 1911 for ancestral forms related to the modern
genus Nelumbo, ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"The genus Nelumbo exhibits such a variety of peculiar and seemingly inconsistent
characters, that its systematic position has been much in dispute. ..."
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