Nelumbo lutea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Nelumbo lutea
    n 1: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow
         blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: {water
         chinquapin}, {American lotus}, {yanquapin}, {Nelumbo
         lutea}]

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Yoncopin \Yon"co*pin\, n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois
   micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.)
   A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the
   American lotus ({Nelumbo lutea}).
   [1913 Webster]

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