American lotus

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Noun

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American lotus - water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seedsNelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapinwater chinquapin - edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapinwater lily - an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceaegenus Nelumbo, Nelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses