'Nelumbo' definitions:
Definition of 'Nelumbo'
From: WordNet
noun
Sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses [syn: Nelumbo, genus Nelumbo]
Definition of 'Nelumbo'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]