English Dictionary: Nelumbonaceae | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Nelumbo \[d8]Ne*lum"bo\, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is {Nelumbo lutea}, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, {N. speciosa}. [Written also {Nelumbium}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) 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 {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found 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. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) 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 {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found 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. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Society of the Sacred Heart} (R.C. Ch.), a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. {Sacred baboon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hamadryas}. {Sacred bean} (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus ({Nelumbo speciosa} or {Nelumbium speciosum}), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See {Lotus}. {Sacred beetle} (Zo[94]l.) See {Scarab}. {Sacred canon}. See {Canon}, n., 3. {Sacred fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family {Mormyrid[91]}. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially {Mormyrus oxyrhynchus}. {Sacred ibis}. See {Ibis}. {Sacred monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus {Semnopithecus}, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See {Entellus}. (b) The sacred baboon. See {Hamadryas}. (c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey. {Sacred place} (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person is buried. Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted; religious; venerable; reverend. -- {Sa"cred*ly}, adv. -- {Sa"cred*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Egyptian \E*gyp"tian\, a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. [?], fr. [?] (L. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. [82]gyptien. Cf. {Gypsy}.] Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. {Egyptian bean}. (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant ({Nelumbium speciosum}), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under {Bean}, 1. {Egyptian cross}. See Illust. (No. 6) of {Cross}. {Egyptian thorn} (Bot.), a medium-sized tree ({Acacia vera}). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yoncopin \Yon"co*pin\, n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus ({Nelumbo lutea}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Nelumbo \[d8]Ne*lum"bo\, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is {Nelumbo lutea}, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, {N. speciosa}. [Written also {Nelumbium}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Society of the Sacred Heart} (R.C. Ch.), a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. {Sacred baboon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hamadryas}. {Sacred bean} (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus ({Nelumbo speciosa} or {Nelumbium speciosum}), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See {Lotus}. {Sacred beetle} (Zo[94]l.) See {Scarab}. {Sacred canon}. See {Canon}, n., 3. {Sacred fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family {Mormyrid[91]}. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially {Mormyrus oxyrhynchus}. {Sacred ibis}. See {Ibis}. {Sacred monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus {Semnopithecus}, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See {Entellus}. (b) The sacred baboon. See {Hamadryas}. (c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey. {Sacred place} (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person is buried. Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted; religious; venerable; reverend. -- {Sa"cred*ly}, adv. -- {Sa"cred*ness}, n. | |
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