/nim fee"euhm/ , n. , pl. nymphaea /-fee"euh/ .
1. a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
2. an architecturally treated outlet of a reservoir or aqueduct.
[ 1760-70; nymphaîon place sacred to nymphs, n. use of neut. of nymphaîos, equiv. to nýmph ( e ) NYMPH + -aios adj. suffix ]