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Lotus
//ˈloʊtəs// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A British manufacturer of cars.
- 2 A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
- 3 A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
- 4 A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
- 5 A few places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Noun
- 1 A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- 2 white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians wordnet
- 3 A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- 4 native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers wordnet
- 5 A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 9 An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- 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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