Nelumbo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Nelumbo
    n 1: sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses [syn:
         {Nelumbo}, {genus Nelumbo}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nelumbo \Ne*lum"bo\, prop. n. [Ceylonese word.] (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}.]
   [1913 Webster]