water chinquapin

Noun
  1. Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds (synset 111738046)
    hypernym: water lily - an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
    member meronym: genus nelumbo, nelumbo - sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
    part holonym: water chinquapin - edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
    synonym: american lotus, nelumbo lutea, yanquapin
  2. Edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin (synset 107788607)
    hypernym: edible seed - many are used as seasoning
    part meronym: american lotus, nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapin - water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

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