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Noun: American lotus
  1. Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
    "Native Americans harvested American lotus seeds for food";
    - water chinquapin, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea

Type of: water lily

Part of: genus Nelumbo, Nelumbo

Encyclopedia: American lotus