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Nelumbium

Nelumbo \Ne*lum"bo\, prop. n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]

Usage examples of "nelumbium".

When I saw the great size of the seeds of that fine water-lily, the Nelumbium, and remembered Alph.

Chinese Arrowroot is said to be from the tubers of Nelumbium speciosum.