Nelumbo
         n 1: sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses [syn:
               {Nelumbo}, {genus Nelumbo}]

English Dictionary: Nelumbo	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nelumbo lutea n water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds Synonym(s): water chinquapin, American lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nelumbo nucifera n native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers Synonym(s): lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nelumbonaceae n in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo Synonym(s): Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae
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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