nelumbium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

nelumbium (plural nelumbiums)

  1. (botany) Any member of the former plant genus Nelumbium.
    • 1947, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture:
      It must be understood that while the nelumbiums are hardy, they are so only as long as the tubers are out of the reach of frost.
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