Definition of lotus Lotus

/lowˈtʌs/ - [lowtus] - lo•tus

We found 15 definitions of lotus from 6 different sources.

What does lotus mean?

Noun Plural: lotuses
lotus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
		genus Lotus
		rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants
		papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
lotus - white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
		white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus
		water lily an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
lotus - native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
		Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera

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lotus (Noun)
A water lily , genus , especially those of Egypt or India.
lotus (Noun)
A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
lotus (Noun)
A number of other plants bearing "lotus" in their scientific or common names.
lotus (Noun)
An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.

lotus (n.)
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 Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
lotus (n.)
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.
lotus (n.)
The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
lotus (n.)
A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
lotus (n.)
An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

lotus
lō′tus, n. the water-lily of Egypt: a tree in North Africa, whose fruit made strangers forget their home: a genus of leguminous plants—also Lote, Lō′tos.—ns.pl. Lotō′phagi, Lō′tus-eat′ers, a people who ate the fruit of the lotus, among whom Ulysses lived for a time.—ns. Lō′tus-eat′er, an eater of the lotus: one given up to sloth; Lō′tus-land, the country of the lotus-eaters. [Gr.]

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lotus in sign language