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单词 lotus
释义 lo·tus
noun
also lo·tos \ˈlōd.əs, -ōtəs\
Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin lotus, from Greek lōtos, from Hebrew lōṭ myrrh
1. -es : the fruit in legendary Greek history eaten by the Lotophagi and supposed to cause a state of dreamy content and complete forgetfulness of home and friends; also : the shrub bearing this fruit — see lotus tree
2. -es
 a. : lotus tree
 b. : sweet clover
3. -es : any of various water lilies including several represented in ancient Egyptian and Hindu art and religious symbolism: as
 a. : indian lotus; broadly : nelumbo 2
 b. : egyptian lotus 1
4. -es : an ornament used in ancient decoration (as in Egyptian capitals) and generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian lotus (sense 1)
5. [New Latin, from Latin]
 a. capitalized : a genus of widely distributed upright herbs or subshrubs (family Leguminosae) with pinnate leaves and solitary, twin, or umbellate flowers
 b. -es : any plant of the genus Lotus
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