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Definition of Lotos

Lotos
Lotos Lo"tos, n. [NL.] (Bot.) See Lotus.
lotos
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.
Loto
Loto Lo"to, n. See Lotto.
loto
Lotto Lot"to, n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot.] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]

Meaning of Lotos from wikipedia

- Lotos may refer to: Grupa Lotos, oil company Lotos Kolej, railway company LOTOS Goldbrillen GmbH, a German luxury eyewear company founded in 1872 Lotos...
- Gr**** word λωτός lōtós can refer to several different plants, there is some ambiguity as to which "lotus" appears in the Odyssey. The Lotos-Eaters is a poem...
- Loto may refer to: Loto (actor), Cambodian actor Loto (band), a Portuguese band Loto (crater), a crater on Mars Loto (Pukapuka), a village on the island...
- 2S42 "Lotos" (Russian: 2С42 «Лотос»; "Lotos") is a developing Russian self-propelled 120 mm mortar system meant for the Russian Airborne Forces. It is...
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- LOTO may refer to: Leader of the Opposition, a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of...
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- Grupa Lotos emplo**** 5547 people, which was 112 employees more than at the end of 2005. LOTOS Paliwa LOTOS Oil LOTOS Asfalt LOTOS Gaz w likwidacji LOTOS Petrobaltic...
- In computer science E-LOTOS (Enhanced LOTOS) is a formal specification language designed between 1993 and 1999, and standardized by International Organization...
- Lotos Petrobaltic S.A. is a Polish oil company. It was set up in November 1990. On 1 January 1999, the firm was transformed in limited liability company...