nelumbonaceae

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1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot family,
definition	:	family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus nelumbo, nelumbo,
definition	:	sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family nymphaeaceae, nymphaeaceae, water-lily family,
definition	:	dicot aquatic plants (noun.plant)