Lotus

Definitions

1. A British manufacturer of cars.
2. A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
3. A few places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
5. A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
6. An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
7. A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
8. An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
9. A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
10. Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
11. An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
12. Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
13. Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
14. An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
15. Ellipsis of lotus position.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“Since the '60s ended abruptly on January 1, 1970, everyone, protestors, police and all, fell to the ground in a full lotus.”

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