Ne·lum·bo prop. n. Bot. A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]
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Yon·co·pin n. Bot. A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
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Nelumbo lutea
n : water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow
blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: water
chinquapin, American lotus, yanquapin]