(botany) A family of flowering aquatic herbs in the order Nymphaeales characterized by having roots, perfect flowers, alternate leaves, and triaperturate pollen.
Nelumbonaceae
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(nə′ləm·bə′nās·ē′ē)
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Meaning #1:
in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
Synonym: subfamily Nelumbonaceae
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 | Proteales (magnoliophyta) |
| Nymphaeales (magnoliophyta) |
| Nelumbo |
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