nelumbium

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nelumbium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]