Nelumbo

species of plant

Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae ("water lilies"), but Nelumbo is actually very distant from that family.

species of plant

seed of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera

Chinese dessert ingredient

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