4  definitions  found 
 
  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  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lotus 
  n  1:  native  to  eastern  Asia;  widely  cultivated  for  its  large  pink 
  or  white  flowers  [syn:  {Indian  lotus},  {sacred  lotus},  {Nelumbo 
  nucifera}] 
  2:  annual  or  perennial  herbs  or  subshrubs  [syn:  {Lotus},  {genus 
  Lotus}] 
  3:  white  Egyptian  lotus:  water  lily  of  Egypt  to  southeastern 
  Africa;  held  sacred  by  the  Egyptians  [syn:  {white  lotus}, 
  {Egyptian  water  lily},  {white  lily},  {Nymphaea  lotus}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Lotus,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  95651 

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