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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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