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LOTUS

LOTUS is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter L and ends with the letter S for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(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 Lotus and N. caerulea the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt which with Nelumbium speciosum are figured on its ancient monuments.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The lote or nettle tree. See Lote.
(n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
(n.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

Syllable Information

The word LOTUS is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for LOTUS is: lo-tus


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