Nymphaea lotus


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Noun1.Nymphaea lotus - white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern AfricaNymphaea lotus - white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
water lily - an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea - the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies
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Ogbemudia, Antibacterial Activity of Leave Extracts of Nymphaea lotus (Nymphaeaceae) on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) Isolated from Clinical Samples, Ann Biol Res, 1, 174 (2010).
These plants were Erythrococca bongensis, Grewia trichocarpa, Leptadenia hastata, Nymphaea lotus, Oxygonum sinuatum and Talinum portulacifolium.
In the site of the breeding cage of Pelicans (figure 4), besides the grouping of Azolla africana already indicated in the site of Gainth, we had the groupings of Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn., of Pistia stratiotes and of Nymphaea lotus L.
pectinatus, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea lotus, Vallisneria spiralis, Saccharum sp., Zannichellia palustris, and Chara sp.