"nymphaea" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɪmˈfiːə/ [UK] Forms: nymphaeas [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|nymphaea}} Latin nymphaea, {{uder|en|grc|νυμφαῖα}} Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), {{semantic loan|en|mul|Nymphaea|nocap=1}} semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea Head templates: {{en-noun}} nymphaea (plural nymphaeas)
  1. (botany, originally), the European white water lily.
    Sense id: en-nymphaea-en-noun-K8NZXbuF Categories (other): Botany, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Water plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 40 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 29 28 4 15 Disambiguation of Water plants: 81 15 4 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (taxonomy) Any species of the genus Nymphaea. Translations (plant of the genus Nymphaea): nymphaea [feminine] (Latin), нимфе́я (nimféja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nymphaea-en-noun-K3fH6AdH Categories (other): Taxonomic names, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Nymphaeales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 40 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 29 28 4 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 35 22 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 40 54 6 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Nymphaea': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /nɪmˈfiːə/ [UK]
Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} nymphaea
  1. plural of nymphaeum Tags: form-of, plural Form of: nymphaeum
    Sense id: en-nymphaea-en-noun-DtLNxWDG Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 40 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 29 28 4 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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