Nēn'ū-phar, n.

n. [Fr. nénufar, Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufar, Per. nilūfar, nilūfal, nilūpar, nilūpal, nilūbarg, nilūfar, nilūpar, nau'far, nufar, probably from nīl, blue, and far, ornament, splendor, or par, leaf.] (Bot.) The great white water-lily of Europe; the Nymphæa alba.