noun
water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
• Syn: ↑water chinquapin, ↑American lotus, ↑yanquapin
• Hypernyms: ↑water lily
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nelumbo, ↑genus Nelumbo
• Part Meronyms: ↑water chinquapin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.