nenuphar

See also: nénuphar

English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر‎ (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر‎ (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛnjʊfɑː/

Noun

nenuphar (plural nenuphars)

  1. A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
    • 1923, Powys Mathers (translator), The Thousand Nights and One Night:
      Arrived at the stall of a fruiterer, she bought Syrian apples, Osmāni quinces, peaches from Uman, jasmine of Aleppo, Damascene nenuphars, cucumbers from the Nile, limes from Egypt, Sultānī citrons, myrtle berries, flowers of henna, blood-red anemones, violets, pomegranate bloom, and the narcissus.
    • 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
      Somewhere an iron curtain had gone up, baring a painted one, with nymphs and nenuphars.

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