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

Type of: water lily

Part of: genus Nelumbo, Nelumbo

Encyclopedia: Nelumbo lutea