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yanquapin

yanquapin

9.9
A water lily with pale yellow flowers and round edible seeds that grows in shallow ponds
  • noun
  • US
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  • The seeds of the yanquapin were once an important food source for indigenous peoples.

Examples

  • You may see yanquapin growing in shallow ponds during late spring.

  • The yanquapin blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • Botanists surveyed the wetlands for healthy yanquapin populations.

  • Have you ever seen a yanquapin in the wild?

  • The seeds of the yanquapin were once an important food source for indigenous peoples.

  • You may see yanquapin growing in shallow ponds during late spring.

  • The yanquapin blooms beautifully in wetlands during the summer.

Synonyms

American lotus
vsyanquapin
  • US
6.8

A water plant with large round leaves, pale yellow flowers, and edible seeds that grows in shallow ponds

is an alternate traditional name rather than the regional common label
water chinquapin
vsyanquapin
  • US
9.9

A water lily with pale yellow flowers that grows in ponds and has edible seeds

is a modern or different common name form instead of the folk term
Nelumbo lutea
vsyanquapin
  • Specialized
9.1

A water plant with pale yellow flowers and edible seeds that grows in ponds in eastern North America

is the everyday common name rather than a scientific Latin label

Surface Forms

yanquapin singular
yanquapins plural

Etymology

Yanquapin sounds like the better-known word chinquapin, which names small, edible nuts and likely comes from a Native American name for plants with 'nutlike' seeds. So a yanquapin is easy to remember as a water lily known for its pale yellow flowers and its edible, 'nutlike' seeds.