1. (noun)lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its largepink or white flowers
2. (noun)Lotus, genus Lotus annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
3. (noun)lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus whiteEgyptian lotus: waterlily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
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Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)lotus 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 NymphaeaLotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments
2. (noun)lotus the lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a treefound 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
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