Nuphar

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin nuphar, from Byzantine Greek νούφαρο (noúpharo), from Arabic نُوفَر (nūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”).

Proper noun

Nuphar f

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – water lily and similar aquatic plants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms – clade; Nymphaeales – order; Nymphaeaceae – family

Hyponyms

(genus): Nuphar sect. Astyla, Nuphar sect. Nuphar - sections
- Nuphar lutea - type species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Nymphaeaceae): Nymphaea, Barclaya, Euryale, Victoria - genera

References

Nuphar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nuphar on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nuphar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Nuphar at The Plant List

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