lotus
lotus is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
- noun. A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
- noun. An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
- noun. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- noun. native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- noun. annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
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