nelumbo

See also: Nelumbo

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

nelumbo (plural nelumbos)

  1. Any of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.
    • 2007 December 27, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times‎:
      Although almost all nelumbos are rated hardy to zone 5, or according to some optimists, zone 4, that rating assumes enough water and soil to protect the tubers from freezing.
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