lotus
Meanings
noun
- Any of genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- A water lily (Nymphaea), especially those of Egypt or India.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
- A date plum or Caucasian persimmon (Diospyros lotus).
- Any of genus Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
- A lotustree or lotus jujube (Ziziphus lotus), a shrub with edible fruit.
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- Ellipsis of lotus position.
name
- A British manufacturer of cars.
- A few places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
- An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).
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