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Definition of Nelumbo lutea
1. Noun. Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds.
Terms within: Water Chinquapin
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nelumbo, Nelumbo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nelumbo Lutea
Literary usage of Nelumbo lutea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"Gulf, the American Lotus or Water Chinquapin (nelumbo lutea, Pers.)- It is easily
recognized by its huge, round leaves (sometimes two feet across and a ..."
2. Introduction to Botany by William Chase Stevens (1902)
"The yellow water lily, nelumbo lutea, serves as a good example of hydrophytes
... nelumbo lutea growing in a lake. 69 and 173). Its underground stems grow ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Syn. 2: 92 (1805). Nelumbium luteum Willd. Sp. PI.
2: 1259 (1799). 1688. Nelumbo Nelumbo (L.) Karst. Deutsch. ..."
4. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. American Lotus. M. p. 408. Ponds and ditches. Summer.
Philadelphia—Schuylkill (Ca.). Delaware—Marcus Hook (B. Sm.). ..."
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