Italian Meaning of lotus
Loto
Other Italian words related to Loto
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of lotus
- lotus americanus => Loto americano
- lotus berthelotii => Loto di Berthelot
- lotus corniculatus => Trifoglio piede d'uccello
- lotus land => Terra di loto
- lotus position => posizione del loto
- lotus tetragonolobus => Ginestrino
- lotus tree => Albero di loto
- lotus-eater => Mangialotos
- lotusland => Lotusland
- lou gehrig => Lou Gehrig
Definitions and Meaning of lotus in English
lotus (n)
native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
lotus (n.)
A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
FAQs About the word lotus
Loto
native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers, annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
loture => pediluvio, lotto => lotteria, lotting => Estrazione a sorte, lottery winner => Vincitore della lotteria, lottery => lotteria,
