nymphaean.

Brit.

/nɪmˈfiːə/, U.S.

/nɪmˈfiə/

Forms: 1500s 1700s–1800s nymphea, 1500s– nymphaea. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nymphaea.

Etymology: < classical Latin nymphaea the white water lily, the yellow water lily < ancient Greek νυμϕαῖα , use as noun of feminine singular of νυμϕαῖος sacred to the nymphs < νύμϕη nymph (see nympha n.) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Middle French, French nymphéa (1546 in Middle French; 13th cent. in Old French as nimpheie; also attested in Middle French as nymphée (1545)), Italian ninfea (1546), Spanish ninfea (1555 as nymphéa).

Botany.

Originally: the common white water lily, Nymphaea alba; (also) †the common yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea (formerly Nymphaea lutea) (obsolete). Later also (in form Nymphaea): a genus of water lilies (family Nymphaeaceae), having white, blue, yellow, or red flowers that usually float on the surface of the water; (also nymphaea) any plant of this genus. Cf. Nuphar n.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 510.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies

edockec1000

water rose?a1300

mead-flower?a1350

water beanc1400

water coltsfoot14..

nenuphar?a1425

water lily?a1425

lotec1487

lotusc1487

nymphaea1543

water-can1622

can-dock1661

lotus flower1710

pond lily1748

Indian lotus1797

padma1799

Nuphar1822

beaver-root1832

splatterdock1832

frog-lily1845

brandy-bottle1846

Victoria1846

water nymph1848

lotus lily1857

cow-lily1862

pool lily1902

1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. &&.iii/2 Nenufar otherewyse called Nymphea groweth in pondes, and lyeth vpon the water wyth brode and thycke leaues, and a whyte or yelowe floure of a pleasaunte odour.

1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 66 The roote of the whyte Nymphea is black,..of the yelow..whyte.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. vii. 222 Nemphar is called in Greeke Nymphæa.

1693 in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. II. 97 Their Alterative Physick consists of Coolers, and Anodyns, as Nymphæa, Poppy, Endive.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 300 In the Water Tubs, the yellow Nymphea or Water Lilly.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2241/2 Nymphæa, the water-lilly, in botany, a genus of the polyandria-monogynia class of plants.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 113 The yellow roses of the nymphæa, which float on lakes.

1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 58 The genus Nymphæa, in which the insertion of the petals and stamina is pleurogynous.

1851 R. R. Madden Shrines & Sepulchres I. 178 Pools of water covered with nymphæas.

1882 Garden 14 Jan. 20/2 In many of the stagnant ponds was a small yellow Nymphæa, the leaves of which are used as a pickle by the Japanese.

1903 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 28 86 The Blue Nymphaeas are not in any sense new introductions to our gardens.

1923 Jrnl. Ecol. 11 153 Some tracts of deserted paddy land may be covered with water for seven or eight months in the year and give rise to a Nymphaea swamp.

1988 J. Brodsky To Urania 85 The rustle of sedge and bulrush, moss-shammied muscles of snarled snags, tender duckweed, and nascent yellow nymphaeas.

Derivatives

nymˈphaea-like adj. rare

ΚΠ

1856 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 13 Nymphæa-like Villarsia... This is a most elegant water-plant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nymphaea
释义	nymphaean. Brit. /nɪmˈfiːə/, U.S. /nɪmˈfiə/ Forms: 1500s 1700s–1800s nymphea, 1500s– nymphaea. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nymphaea. Etymology: < classical Latin nymphaea the white water lily, the yellow water lily < ancient Greek νυμϕαῖα , use as noun of feminine singular of νυμϕαῖος sacred to the nymphs < νύμϕη nymph (see nympha n.) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives. Compare Middle French, French nymphéa (1546 in Middle French; 13th cent. in Old French as nimpheie; also attested in Middle French as nymphée (1545)), Italian ninfea (1546), Spanish ninfea (1555 as nymphéa). Botany. Originally: the common white water lily, Nymphaea alba; (also) †the common yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea (formerly Nymphaea lutea) (obsolete). Later also (in form Nymphaea): a genus of water lilies (family Nymphaeaceae), having white, blue, yellow, or red flowers that usually float on the surface of the water; (also nymphaea) any plant of this genus. Cf. Nuphar n.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 510. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies edockec1000 water rose?a1300 mead-flower?a1350 water beanc1400 water coltsfoot14.. nenuphar?a1425 water lily?a1425 lotec1487 lotusc1487 nymphaea1543 water-can1622 can-dock1661 lotus flower1710 pond lily1748 Indian lotus1797 padma1799 Nuphar1822 beaver-root1832 splatterdock1832 frog-lily1845 brandy-bottle1846 Victoria1846 water nymph1848 lotus lily1857 cow-lily1862 pool lily1902 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. &&.iii/2 Nenufar otherewyse called Nymphea groweth in pondes, and lyeth vpon the water wyth brode and thycke leaues, and a whyte or yelowe floure of a pleasaunte odour. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 66 The roote of the whyte Nymphea is black,..of the yelow..whyte. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. vii. 222 Nemphar is called in Greeke Nymphæa. 1693 in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. II. 97 Their Alterative Physick consists of Coolers, and Anodyns, as Nymphæa, Poppy, Endive. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 300 In the Water Tubs, the yellow Nymphea or Water Lilly. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2241/2 Nymphæa, the water-lilly, in botany, a genus of the polyandria-monogynia class of plants. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 113 The yellow roses of the nymphæa, which float on lakes. 1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 58 The genus Nymphæa, in which the insertion of the petals and stamina is pleurogynous. 1851 R. R. Madden Shrines & Sepulchres I. 178 Pools of water covered with nymphæas. 1882 Garden 14 Jan. 20/2 In many of the stagnant ponds was a small yellow Nymphæa, the leaves of which are used as a pickle by the Japanese. 1903 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 28 86 The Blue Nymphaeas are not in any sense new introductions to our gardens. 1923 Jrnl. Ecol. 11 153 Some tracts of deserted paddy land may be covered with water for seven or eight months in the year and give rise to a Nymphaea swamp. 1988 J. Brodsky To Urania 85 The rustle of sedge and bulrush, moss-shammied muscles of snarled snags, tender duckweed, and nascent yellow nymphaeas. Derivatives nymˈphaea-like adj. rare ΚΠ 1856 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 13 Nymphæa-like Villarsia... This is a most elegant water-plant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543
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