| 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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