English Explanatory Dictionary

nymphaea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the European white water lily.
  2. Any species of the genus Nymphaea.
noun
  1. plural of nymphaeum

Pronunciation

/nɪmˈfiːə/

Word forms

nymphaea nymphaeas

Etymology

From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.

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