nymphaea alba

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   a water lily with white flowers

   SynonymsEuropean white lily

   Broaderwater lily

   Part ofNymphaea

Questions about nymphaea alba

What does nymphaea alba mean?

nymphaea alba means "a water lily with white flowers".

What is another word for nymphaea alba?

Close synonyms include European white lily. 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 nymphaea alba a common word?

nymphaea alba 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.