Definitions for lotuses

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lotuses lo·tus

Spelling: [loh-tuh s]

IPA: /ˈloʊ təs/

Lotuses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in lotuses (elosstu).

Definitions for lotuses

noun

1. a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
2. the fruit itself.
3. any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shieldlike leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
4. any of several water lilies of the genus Nymphaea.
5. a decorative motif derived from such a plant and used widely in ancient art, as on the capitals of Egyptian columns.
6. any shrubby plant of the genus Lotus, of the legume family, having red, pink, yellow, or white flowers.

Origin of lotuses

1530-40; Latin lōtus, lōtos Greek lōtós the lotus plant, perhaps of Semitic origin

Examples for lotuses

From that time on he met Rose of Evening every day in the lotus field.

He wants to find one of the plants most elusive to him: the lotus flower, native to Asia.

The lotus is a leguminous plant—so excellent for the salad—not for the roast.

I was doing yoga and the lotus position, and I was trying to think of what would represent where I am now in my life.

The lotus flower symbolized rebirth, and the red lotus is the lotus of compassion.

The lotus and the Storm turns out to be a grand, haunted melodrama with elements of camp, delivered in fragmentary reveries.

Measuring 2,500 sq ft, the suite boasts three bedrooms, a fruit garden, an open air shower and its own lotus pond.

The moon wooed the lotus in the night, the lotus was wooed by the moon, and my sweetheart is their child.

The square piers also have frequently a lotus bud carved on them.

No; it has two stacks; and it's not your people because the lotus is black.