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Lotus
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What's The Definition Of Lotus?
[n] white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
[n] native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers [n] annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs Synonyms | Synonyms for Lotus: Egyptian water lily | genus Lotus | Indian lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | Nymphaea lotus | sacred lotus | white lily | white lotus Related Terms | Find terms related to Lotus: See Also | babies' slippers | bacon and eggs | bird's foot clover | bird's foot trefoil | genus Nymphaea | Lotus corniculatus | Nymphaea | Papilionoideae | rosid dicot genus | subfamily Papilionoideae | water lily Lotus In Webster's Dictionary \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. ?. Cf. {Lote}.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium
speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in
Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum},
the American lotus; and {Nymph[ae]a Lotus} and {N.
c[ae]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and
blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with
{Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient
monuments.
(b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain
({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly
sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers
who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all
desire to return to it.
(c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}.
(d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling
clover. [Written also {lotos}.]
{European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of
Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish
black berry, which is called also the {date plum}.
2. (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture,
generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian
water lily.
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