nelumbo

See also: Nelumbo

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

nelumbo (plural nelumbos)

1. Any of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling water lilies, the lotuses.
   • 2007 December 27, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Although almost all nelumbos are rated hardy to zone 5, or according to some optimists, zone 4, that rating assumes enough water and soil to protect the tubers from freezing.