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Definition of Nymphaea alba
1. Noun. A water lily with white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphaea Alba
Literary usage of Nymphaea alba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"nymphaea alba. Sp. pl. 729. White Water Lily. Nat. of Britain. ... nymphaea alba,
flore pleno odorato. Clayton in Gron. virg. ed. 1. p. 57. ed. 2. p. 81. ..."
2. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"nymphaea alba, Linn. Sp. PI. 510 (1753% and of Gerard. Castalia alba. Top. Bot.
19. ... nymphaea alba major vulgaris, Park. 1251. In Windsor Lake. ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"The white water-lily (nymphaea alba) raises itself every morning out of the water
and opens ... The very same thing may be observed in the nymphaea alba. ..."
4. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"In nymphaea alba the nucleus of the large cell generally preserves its nucleolus
in the ripe Pollen-body, often even in the tubes (1—5 per cent., ..."
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