genus nelumbo

1. 1.

   sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses

   SynonymsNelumbo

   Broadermagnoliid dicot genus

   Part ofNelumbonaceae

Questions about genus nelumbo

What does genus nelumbo mean?

genus nelumbo means "sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses".

What is another word for genus nelumbo?

Close synonyms include Nelumbo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus nelumbo a common word?

genus nelumbo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.