transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlō-təs ]
noun
Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin lotus, from Greek lōtos
Date: circa 1541
1. also lo·tos ˈlō-təs : a fruit eaten by the lotus-eaters and considered to cause indolence and dreamy contentment ; also : a tree (as Zizyphus lotus of the buckthorn family) reputed to bear this fruit
2. : any of various water lilies including several represented in ancient Egyptian and Hindu art and religious symbolism
3.
[New Latin, from Latin]
a. : any of a genus ( Lotus ) of widely distributed upright herbs or subshrubs of the legume family
b. : sweet clover
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