water chinquapin
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- a perennial American waterlily (Nelumbo lutea) with large, emersed, umbrella-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
- its edible fruit
See water chinquapin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun A North American aquatic plant (Nelumbo lutea) related to the lotus and the water lilies and having large shield-shaped aerial leaves, large pale-yellow flowers, and edible nutlike seeds.