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‖ nymphæa|nɪmˈfiːə|
Also nymphea.
[L., ad. Gr. νυµϕαῖα, fem. of νυµϕαῖος sacred to the nymphs. So F. nymphæa, nymphéa, Sp. and It. ninfea.]
The common white or yellow water-lily; a genus of aquatic plants including these and other species.
1562Turner Herbal ii. (1568) 66 The roote of the whyte Nymphea is black,..of the yelow..whyte. 1601Holland Pliny II. 222 Nenuphar is called in Greeke Nymphæa. 1673Ray Journ. Low C. (1693) II. 97 Their Alterative Physick consists of Coolers, and Anodyns, as Nymphæa, Poppy, Endive. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 374 In the Water Tubs, the yellow Nymphea or Water Lilly. 1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 113 The yellow roses of the nymphæa, which float on lakes. 1851Madden Shrines & Sepul. I. 178 Pools of water covered with nymphæas. 1882Garden 14 Jan. 20/2 In many of the stagnant ponds was a small yellow Nymphæa, the leaves of which are used as a pickle by the Japanese.
Comb.1855Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 13 Nymphæa⁓like Villarsia... This is a most elegant water-plant. |