Nelumbo


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nelumbo

(nɪˈlʌmbəʊ)
n, pl -bos
(Plants) either of the two aquatic plants of the genus Nelumbo: family Nelumbonaceae. See lotus4, water chinquapin
[C19: New Latin, from Sinhalese nelumbu lotus]
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Noun1.nelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotusesNelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin - water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
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References in classic literature ?
‡And the Nelumbo bud that floats for ever With Indian Cupid down the holy river - Fair flowers, and fairy !
Effect of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaf powder on the quality characteristics of chicken patties in refrigerated storage.
The small percentage of pollen from: Bombax ceiba, Euphorbia tithymaloides, Flacourtia jangomas, Litchi chinensis, Nelumbo nucifera, Tridax procumbens indicate that these plants are either sporadic in distribution, fairly rare in abundance, do not produce sufficient amount of pollen for bee foraging, or produce pollen that is not preferred by honeybees due to low nutritional value (Dorea, Novais & Santos, 2010).
Lotus Swamp: Lotus Swamp was a shallower water pond dominated Nelumbo nucifera, N.
Nutritional quality evaluation of electron beam irradiated (Nelumbo nucifera) seeds.
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Nelumbo nucifera (lotus) contains bioactive compounds astragalin and hyperoside in the receptacles which are known to be the melanogenesis inhibitor, thus possibly decreasing the skin darkness [143].
El-Eraqy, "Protein content and amino acid composition of Nelumbo nucifera seeds and its evaluation as hypoglycaemic agent," Egyptian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol.
In their research on the Lotus nelumbo compounds, the scientists applied 3000 V on a capillary and the temperature at 300[degrees]C to identify the constituents characterized by an anti-inflammatory action.