资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Water nymph \Wa"ter nymph`\
   1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water,
      whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.

   2. (Bot.) A water lily ({Nymph[ae]a}).

Nymphaea \Nym*ph[ae]"a\, n. [L., the water lily, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,
   pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water
   lily and the Egyptia lotus.

   Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus
         should be called {Castalia}, and the name {Nymph[ae]a}
         transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}.

Nymphaea \Nym*ph[ae]"a\, n. [L., the water lily, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue,
   pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water
   lily and the Egyptia lotus.

   Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus
         should be called {Castalia}, and the name {Nymph[ae]a}
         transferred to what is now known as {Nuphar}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Nymphaea
     n : the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety
         of water lilies [syn: {genus Nymphaea}]