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Quotation dates: 1886
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BOBBINS, n.pl. “The water-lily. Bobbins are properly the seed-vessels” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).Sc. 1886 Britten and Holland Eng. Plant-Names 56:
Bobbins. . . . From a subsequent reference it appears that both Nymphœa alba, L., and Nuphar lutea, Sm., are included under this name.
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