in taxon vegetable-producing plant, root, tuber or bulb yellow pond lily plant yellow water lily Nuphar lutea (Yellow Water-lily) is an aquatic plant of the family *Nymphaeaceae*, native to temperate regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. Root - raw or cooked. The root can be soaked in water in order to remove a bitter taste. After long boiling, it has a taste like sheep's liver. The root can also be dried and ground into a powder then used as a thickener in soups, or can be added to cereal flours when making bread, cakes etc. Seed - raw or cooked. It can be roasted, then ground into a powder and eaten raw or used to thicken soups etc. The seed can also be toasted like popcorn. [http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Nuphar+lutea] PLANTS:NULU brandy-bottle nuphar lutea yellow pond lily yellow pond-lily yellow water-lily yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea requires discussion