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Definition of Lotus
1. Noun. Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers.
2. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Babies' Slippers, Bacon And Eggs, Bird's Foot Clover, Bird's Foot Trefoil, Lotus Corniculatus
3. Noun. White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea
Definition of Lotus
1. n. 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 Nymphæa Lotus and N. cærulea, the respectively white- flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
Definition of Lotus
1. an aquatic plant [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Lotus
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