Lotus

See also: lotus and lótus

Translingual

birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a plant in the genus Lotus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós), a name of multiple plants, of unknown origin.

Proper noun

Lotus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – species principally among those called trefoils, especially bird's-foot trefoils, and also deervetches and deerweeds.

Usage notes

• This genus is being revised, with the numerous New World species being reassigned to new genera, including Acmispon and Hosackia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lotus corniculatus (common bird's-foot trefoil) - type species; Lotus pedunculatus (greater bird's-foot-trefoil, big trefoil, marsh bird's-foot trefoil), (austral trefoil) - selected other species

Derived terms

• (native birdsfoot trefoil, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie trefoil) (syn. of )

References

• Lotus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lotus (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lotus at USDA Plants database
• Lotus at The Plant List

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English

Proper noun

Lotus

1. A British manufacturer of cars.
2. A few places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
   2. An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
   3. An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.

Further reading

• Lotus Cars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Lotus vehicles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lotus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• louts, tolus