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Meanings of nenuphar in English

Plant species (Nymphaea alba) from the water lily family (Nymphaeaceae) with white flowers, which grows in standing or slowly flowing waters in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

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Examples for "european white waterlily"
Examples for "european white waterlily"
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In Buddhist religion the beautiful white lotus flower is a symbol of purity.
The everything chinese cookbook: from wonton soup to sweet and s...
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After a few moments, she rose and brought a white lotus to me.
Cleopatra's Moon
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And most of these little feet are clad with spotless tabi, white as a white lotus.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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The sacred white lotus must be your emblem, and Horus, the hawk-headed, merged in Ra, your special deity.
The Spell of Egypt
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From before dawn, people gathered along the river bank clutching bunches of white lotus flowers as a symbol of purity.
Reuters
Usage of nenuphar in English
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Nenuphar Collonges looks magnificent and if his jumping holds up -that is an IF with a capital I -he can prove well-handicapped.
The Guardian
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Close to your hand lies a little volume, bound in some Nile-green skin that has been powdered with gilded nenuphars and smoothed with hard ivory.
Intentions
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230, D. 12-punctata) now attacks the squash plants before they are fairly up; and the Plum weevil (Conotrachelus nenuphar, Fig.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
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Wichita Lineman won at 5-1 with Maljimar, who ran a tremendous race, second at 14-1 and Nenuphar Collonges back in third at 17-2.
The Guardian
Nenuphar through the time