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‖ nelumbium Bot.|nɪˈlʌmbɪəm|
[mod.L. (A. L. de Jussieu Genera Plantarum (1789) 68), f. Singhalese nelumbu or nelum.]
An aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, belonging to the family Nymphæaceæ, formerly called Nelumbium, and including the East Indian or sacred lotus, N. nucifera, which has white or pink flowers, and the American lotus, N. pentapetala, which has fragrant yellow flowers.
1806Curtis's Bot. Mag. XXIII. 903 The Nelumbium is no longer found in Egypt. 1853Harper's Mag. Nov. 751/2 The broad prairies..are also diversified by lakes, their surfaces shaded from the hot sun by the broad-leafed nelumbium. 1857A. Gray First Less. Bot. (1866) 59 The common Watershield, the Nelumbium, and the White Water-lily..exhibit this sort of leaf. 1882Garden 11 Nov. 421/1, I am somewhat interested in Nelumbiums. 1886Standard 8 May 3/4 The [seed of] Nelumbium has been known to grow after a hundred years. 1916L. H. Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. IV. 2117/1 Nelumbiums are bold plants, suitable for large ponds. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) III. 1359/1 The Nelumbiums need rich soil. |