nelumbo lutea

3 definitions found

nelumbo lutea - 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]

  Yoncopin \Yon"co*pin\, n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois
     micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.)
     A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the
     American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
     [1913 Webster]

nelumbo lutea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nelumbo lutea
      n 1: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow
           blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: water chinquapin
           , American lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea
           ]