English noun: lotus |
1. | lotus (plant) native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers |
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| Synonyms | Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | water lily |
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2. | Lotus (plant) annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs |
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| Synonyms | genus Lotus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot genus |
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| Member holonym | babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus |
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| Member meronym | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae |
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3. | lotus (plant) white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians |
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| Synonyms | Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, white lily, white lotus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | water lily |
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| Member meronym | genus Nymphaea, Nymphaea |
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