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NUPHAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Nuphar; Nuphar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nuphar" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Nuphar"):
cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily (common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water)
Nuphar lutea; yellow water lily (a water lily with yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Nuphar" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)