n.
Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
n.
A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
a.
Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
n. pl.
An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
n.
A little or young nymph.
a.
Of or pertaining to nymphs.
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Producing pupas or nymphs.
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Relating to nymphs; ladylike.
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Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.
n.
A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.
a.
Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
n.
Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
n.
Excision of the nymphae.
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A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
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