nymphea

Irrigations of the head, with the decoctions of nymphea, lettuce, mallows, &c. Epithymes, ointments, bags to the heart.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The natives brought us some roasted nymphea roots, which they call Dillii.

Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York 2003

According to Pliny, [194] the nymphea alba was considered so powerful that these who take it for twelve days successively will then find themselves incapable of propagating their species, and if it be used for forty days, the amorous propensity will be entirely extinguished.

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833

Like a burst of sunlight, this fresh but creamy scent combines citrus notes with floral - it mixes pear sorbet with sparkling bergamot, neroli, freesia, mimosa and nymphea, on a base of ambery woods, musk and palo santo wood.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

It is probable from the inscription and position, that the cave now shown may be one of the "artificial caverns," of which, indeed, there is another a little way higher up the valley, under a tuft of alder bushes; but a _single_ grotto of Egeria is a mere modern invention, grafted upon the application of the epithet Egerian to these nymphea in general, and which might send us to look for the haunts of Numa upon the banks of the

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

a year before it comes forth, and in the seeds of nymphea nelumbo the leaves of the plant were seen so distinctly that the author found out by them what plant the seeds belonged to.

The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766