Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, the water-lily family, classed with the cohort Ranales, typified by the genus Nymphæa, and characterized by the usually thickened receptacle, and embryo with thick cotyledons partly immersed in mealy albumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of dicot aquatic plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dicot aquatic plants
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Nymphaeaceae syn: N. caerulea Savigny, N. capensis Thunb.
Chapter 7 1999
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Dicotyledons, which includes only the families of Nymphaeaceae and Gramineae.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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But the presence of a second cotyledon in grasses is extremely doubtful, and though there may be ground for reconsidering the position of Nymphaeaceae, their association with the grasses as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Matthew Baugh: Flame Lily, Nymphaeaceae-flammiferum
what did we do today, brain? jlundberg 2008
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