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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lotos \Lo"tos\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) See {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[ae]a Lotus} and {N. c[ae]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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LOTOS {Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification}
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