nymphaea

n. 睡莲属

发音

UK /nɪmˈfiːə/

词形变化

nymphaeas 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    the European white water lily.

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    Any species of the genus Nymphaea.

    生物
  3. 1.

    plural of nymphaeum

词源

From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.

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