Defn: A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]
NEMALINE
Nem"a*line, a. Etym: [L. nema thread, gr. (Min.)
Defn: Having the form of threads; fibrous.
NEMALITE
Nem"a*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. némalite.] (Min.)
Defn: A fibrous variety of brucite.
NEMATELMIA
Nem`a*tel"mi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Nemathelminthes.
NEMATHECIUM
Nem`a*the"ci*um ( or , n.; pl. Nemathecia. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algæ, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.
NEMATHELMINTHES; NEMATELMINTHES
Nem`a*thel*min"thes, Nem`a*tel*min"thes, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See
Nemato-, and Helminthes.] (Zoöl.)