lotus : Idioms & Phrases

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american lotus

  • noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
    water chinquapin; yanquapin; Nelumbo lutea.
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blue lotus

  • noun blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia
    Nymphaea stellata.
  • noun blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
    Nymphaea caerulea.
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diospyros lotus

  • noun an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
    date plum.
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European lotus

  • a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum.
Webster 1913

genus lotus

  • noun annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
    Lotus.
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indian lotus

  • noun native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
    lotus; Indian lotus; Nelumbo nucifera.
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lotus americanus

  • noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
    Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie bird's-foot trefoil; prairie trefoil.
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lotus berthelotii

  • noun low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States
    coral gem.
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lotus corniculatus

  • noun European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
    bird's foot clover; bacon and eggs; babies' slippers; bird's foot trefoil.
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lotus land

  • noun an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence
    lotusland.
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lotus position

  • noun a sitting position with the legs crossed; used in yoga
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lotus tetragonolobus

  • noun sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
    winged pea; asparagus pea.
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lotus tree

  • noun shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
    lotus tree.
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lotus-eater

  • noun someone indifferent to the busy world
    stargazer.
    • in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence
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Lo"tus-eat`er, Lo"tos-eat`er noun (Also<
  • Lotus-eater
  • Lotos-eater
)
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  1. (Class. Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.
    The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson.
Webster 1913

nymphaea lotus

  • noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
    lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily; white lily.
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prairie lotus

  • noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
    Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie bird's-foot trefoil; prairie trefoil.
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sacred lotus

  • noun native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
    lotus; Indian lotus; Nelumbo nucifera.
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white lotus

  • noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
    lotus; Nymphaea lotus; Egyptian water lily; white lily.
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ziziphus lotus

  • noun shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
    lotus tree.
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