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单词 nelumbo
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Nelumbon.

Brit. /nᵻˈlʌmbəʊ/, U.S. /nəˈləmboʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nelumbo.
Etymology: < scientific Latin nelumbo (adopted as a specific epithet by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 511, and as a genus name by M. Adanson: see note below) < Sinhala neḷum-, neḷum̆ba ( < earlier unattested neḷun < unattested Sanskrit naḷina lotus), probably via Portuguese nelumbo. Compare French nelumbo (1765; also attested as nélombo (1840)).
Botany.
A genus (family Nelumbonaceae) comprising two species of aquatic plant with solitary flowers, peltate leaves, and thick, edible rhizomes, the red-flowered sacred lotus of Asia, Nelumbo nucifera, and the yellow-flowered American lotus, N. lutea; (also nelumbo) a plant of this genus, esp. a sacred lotus.Valid publication of the genus name: M. Adanson Familles des Plantes (1763) I. 73.
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lotus flower1710
Nelumbo1753
lotus1785
Nelumbium1806
wankapin1832
nymphal1846
lotus lily1857
1753 Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2201/2 Nelumbo, in botany, a plant, otherwise called nymphæa.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I ii. 169 Linneus, who has enlisted all our senses into the service of botany, has observed this rattling of the Nelumbo.
1801 H. M. Williams Sketches Manners French Republic II. xxxv. 170 In capitals [of columns]..the branches of the doum, and the flowers of the nelumbo, mingle together.
1804 J. E. Smith Exotic Bot. I. 61 A carved horn of a rhinoceros, sent to Linnæus from China,..is now before me... The whole inverted base of the horn is carved into an elegant leaf of Nelumbo, rising from the water.
1818 C. Abel Narr. Journey in China v. 103 Fields of Nelumbo rearing high its glossy leaves and gorgeous flowers..spread at our feet.
1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 275 It is chiefly in our western waters that the Nelumbo is found.
1884 tr. A. de Candolle Orig. Cultivated Plants ii. i. 75 The nelumbo of Indian origin has ceased to grow in Egypt.
1916 Standard Cycl. Hort. IV. 2117/1 American Lotus, or Nelumbo... A bold and useful plant for colonizing.
1961 F. Perry Water Gardening (ed. 2) vii. 76 [In India] the stranger is presented with fruit and flowers laid in a simple basket fashioned from Nelumbo leaves.
1992 Pract. Fishkeeping Mar. 106/1 The waterlily..should not be confused with..the Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo)—these are quite different plants.
1994 Systematic Bot. 19 506 The less homoplastic characters suggest that the genus Nelumbo is placed at a position near Nymphaeales rather than near Ranunculidae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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