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Definition of Diospyros Lotus

Diospyros Lotus
Lotus Lo"tus, n. [L. lotus, Gr. ?. Cf. Lote.] 1. (Bot.) (a) 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 Nymph[ae]a Lotus and N. c[ae]rulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) 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. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote. (d) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also lotos.] European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum.

Meaning of Diospyros Lotus from wikipedia

- Hiern Diospyros leucomelas Poir. Diospyros longibracteata Lecomte Diospyros lotus L. – date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, lilac persimmon Diospyros lunduensis...
- Diospyros lotus, with common names date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, or lilac persimmon, is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros, native to...
- species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki  – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae...
- living in idleness. Botanical candidates for the lotus tree include the persimmon (Diospyros lotus), which is a sub-evergreen tree native to Southwest...
- refers to a persimmon species found in South Asia and South Europe, Diospyros lotus. Today, persimmons are also grown on small farms as a heritage crop...
- Saussurea (snow lotus), a herbaceous species from the Himalayan vicinity Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit Diospyros lotus (date-plum, Caucasian...
- name Diospyros kaki L. f. may be used erroneously for this plant. However, Diospyros kaki L. f., published in 1781, is a later homonym of Diospyros kaki...
- Juniperus sabina Platycladus orientalis (introduced by man) Ebenaceae Diospyros lotus Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus angustifolia Fabaceae Albizia julibrissin Cercis...
- Diospyros affinis Thwaites Diospyros agnitser B.Walln. Diospyros aifatensis Kosterm. Diospyros alatella Kosterm. Diospyros albiflora Alston Diospyros...
- the old Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) from 1716, Date plum (Diospyros lotus) from 1739, Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) from 1785 and Golden Chain (Laburnum...