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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Nym·phae·a prop. n.  Bot. A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
 Note: ☞ Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the name Nymphaea transferred to what is now known as Nuphar.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Nymphaea
      n : the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety
          of water lilies [syn: genus Nymphaea]