Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of yellow water-lilies, now known as Nymphæa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Bot.) A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. nymphaea.

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  • noun spatterdocks

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Examples

  • When still water above a yard deep is left undisturbed, aquatic plants of various genera, such as Nuphar, Nymphaea, Limnanthemum, Stratiotes, Polygonum, and Potamogeton, fill the bottom with roots and cover the surface with leaves.

    Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

  • When still water above a yard deep is left undisturbed, aquatic plants of various genera, such as Nuphar, Nymphaea,

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

  • There are also water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar luteus and Stratiodes alloides.

    Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania 2009

  • Their flora is very rich, with 718 species, 85 species being considered rare, including Epipogion aphyllum, Gymnadenia camtschatica, Oreorchis patens, Nuphar pumila, Carex laxa, and Lilium dauricum.

    Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation 2008

  • Typical aquatic vegetation may include water lilies (Nymphaea spp.) spatter dock (Nuphar advena).

    Everglades 2008

  • Lake, with its connected lakes and ponds, empty into Tupper's Lake, is a favorite feeding-ground with the deer, whose breakfast is made on the leaves of the _Nuphar lutea_ which edge the stream.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

  • This latter Yellow Lily (_Nuphar lutea_) possesses medicinal virtues against diarrhoea, such as is aggravated in the morning, and against sexual weakness.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • The following make good plants: -- White Water Lily (_Nymphaea Alba_) in deep water with muddy bottom; Yellow Water Lily (_Nuphar Lutea_); and Nuphar

    Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

  • But gradually the face of the country changes; the mountains become less lofty, the granite formations disappear; here stretches a wide, dismal pond of stagnant water, yellow with water lilies (_Nuphar_), and there a field that has been burnt over, leaving the scorched and branchless trees standing like a host of hideous spectres, until at last the fertile and highly cultivated fields of Massachusetts smile upon us with

    The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • "The white water-lily (Nymphcea alba) and the yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea) are both abundant in the marshes of the Upper Jordan, but have no connection with the lily of Scripture."

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

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