Definition for LO'TUS

LO'TUS, n. [Gr. λωτος.]

The name of a genus of leguminous plants. The ancients applied the name Lotus to the Zizyphus Lotus of Africa, [see Lote,] the Nymphæa Lotus, an Egyptian water plant, and to the several species of the genus Lotus.

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