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LOTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Synonyms:
Egyptian water lily; lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily; white lotus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lotus" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("lotus" is a member of...):
genus Nymphaea; Nymphaea (the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
Synonyms:
Indian lotus; lotus; Nelumbo nucifera; sacred lotus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("lotus" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
Synonyms:
genus Lotus; Lotus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Lotus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Lotus"):
babies' slippers; bacon and eggs; bird's foot clover; bird's foot trefoil; Lotus corniculatus (European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America)
Holonyms ("Lotus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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