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noun, plural lo·tus·es.
1.
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
2.
the fruit itself.
3.
any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shieldlike leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
4.
any of several water lilies of the genus Nymphaea.
5.
EXPANDa decorative motif derived from such a plant and used widely in ancient art, as on the capitals of Egyptian columns.
6.
COLLAPSEany shrubby plant of the genus Lotus, of the legume family, having red, pink, yellow, or white flowers.
Origin:
1530–40; < Latin lōtus, lōtos < Greek lōtós the lotus plant, perh of Semitic orig.
1530–40; < Latin lōtus, lōtos < Greek lōtós the lotus plant, perh of Semitic orig.
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lotus
c.1540, from L. lotus, from Gk. lotos, name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in Eng. from 1584); perhaps from a Sem. source (cf. Heb. lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1832) are from Gk. lotophagoi, mentioned in "Odyssey,"
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