Lotus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lotus	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lotus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lotus n native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers Synonym(s): lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs Synonym(s): Lotus, genus Lotus white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians Synonym(s): lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus
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]:
Bird's-foot \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the {Ornithopus}, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. {Bird's-foot trefoil}. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants ({Lotus}) with clawlike pods. {L. corniculatas}, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, {Trigonella ornithopodioides}, is also European.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lotus, CA Zip code(s): 95651