nelumbo

A genus of water-lilies, forming the tribe Nelumboneæ in the order Nymphæaceæ, known by the broadly obconical receptacle.

A plant of this genus.

A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa.

Any of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies.

sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses