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Nymphaea

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nym⋅phae⋅um

[nim-fee-uhm]
–noun, plural -phae⋅a [-fee-uh] .
1. a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
2. an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct.

Origin:
1760–70; < L < Gk nymphaîon place sacred to nymphs, n. use of neut. of nymphaîos, equiv. to nýmph(ē) nymph + -aios adj. suffix
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