Lotus

//ˈloʊtəs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A British manufacturer of cars.
  2. 2
    A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
  3. 3
    A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
  4. 4
    A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
  2. 2
    white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians wordnet
  3. 3
    A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
  4. 4
    native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers wordnet
  5. 5
    A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
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  1. 6
    A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).; Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
  2. 7
    A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).; Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
  3. 8
    A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).; Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
  4. 9
    An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
  5. 10
    Ellipsis of lotus position. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Since the '60s ended abruptly on January 1, 1970, everyone, protestors, police and all, fell to the ground in a full lotus."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s

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