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NUPHAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nuphar mean?
• NUPHAR (noun)
The noun NUPHAR has 1 sense:
1. spatterdocks
Familiarity information: NUPHAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spatterdocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Nuphar; Nuphar
Hypernyms ("Nuphar" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Nuphar"):
cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily (common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water)
Nuphar lutea; yellow water lily (a water lily with yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Nuphar" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)
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