n.
Pronunciation: ' l ō -t ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin lotus, from Greek l ō tos
Date: circa 1541
1 also lo · tos \ ' l ō -t ə s \ : 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 L] a : any of a genus ( Lotus ) of widely distributed upright herbs or subshrubs of the legume family b : SWEET CLOVER
lotus