nymphaea caerulea

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   blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians

   Synonymsblue lotus

   Broaderwater lily

Questions about nymphaea caerulea

What does nymphaea caerulea mean?

nymphaea caerulea means "blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians".

What is another word for nymphaea caerulea?

Close synonyms include blue lotus. 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 caerulea a common word?

nymphaea caerulea 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.