genus Nelumbo

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genus Nelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotusesNelumbomagnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsNelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus NelumboAmerican lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin - water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds