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lo⋅tus

  [loh-tuhs]
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–noun, plural -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. a decorative motif derived from such a plant and used widely in ancient art, as on the capitals of Egyptian columns.
6. any shrubby plant of the genus Lotus, of the legume family, having red, pink, yellow, or white flowers.
Origin:
1530–40; < L lōtus, lōtos < Gk lōtós the lotus plant, perh of Sem orig.
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lo·tus also lo·tos   (lō'təs)   
n.  
    1. An aquatic plant (Nelumbo nucifera) native to southern Asia and Australia, having large leaves, fragrant, pinkish flowers, a broad, rounded, perforated seedpod, and fleshy rhizomes.
    2. The edible seed, leaf, or rhizome of this plant.
    3. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the water lilies Nymphaea caerula or N. lotus.
    4. A small Mediterranean tree or shrub whose fruit was eaten by the lotus-eaters.
    5. The fruit of this plant.
  2. A representation of any of various lotuses or similar plants in Egyptian or classical sculpture, architecture, or art.
  3. Any of several leguminous plants of the genus Lotus.
  4. Greek Mythology
    1. A small Mediterranean tree or shrub whose fruit was eaten by the lotus-eaters.
    2. The fruit of this plant.

[Latin lōtus, name of several plants, from Greek lōtos.]
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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.

2. (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
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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," book IX.
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