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Definition of Nelumbium speciosum
Nelumbium speciosum 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.
Nelumbium speciosum 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.
Nelumbium speciosum Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), a religious order
of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826.
It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the
order devote themselves to the higher branches of female
education.
Sacred baboon. (Zo["o]l.) See Hamadryas.
Sacred bean (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo
speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a
water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus.
Sacred beetle (Zo["o]l.) See Scarab.
Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3.
Sacred fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyrid[ae].
Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus
oxyrhynchus.
Sacred ibis. See Ibis.
Sacred monkey. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus,
regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the
entellus. See Entellus.
(b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas.
(c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey.
Sacred place (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person
is buried.
Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted;
religious; venerable; reverend. -- Sa"cred*ly, adv. --
Sa"cred*ness, n.
- Genus: Nelumbo Species: N. nucifera Binomial name Nelumbonucifera Gaertn. SynonymsNelumbiumspeciosum Willd. Nelumbokomarovii Grossh. Nymphaea nelumbo... - referred to the cup-shaped seed vessel of the Egyptian water-lily nelumbiumspeciosum and came to describe a drinking cup made from that seed casing, or... - derive from the cup-shaped seed vessel of the Egyptian water-lily nelumbiumspeciosum, which is supposed to have been used as a cup itself, and to resemble... - Preuss. Staates Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 11 (2). Berlin: 24. 1868. "Nelumbiumspeciosum W.". Botan. Zeit. 29 (48). Leipzig: 813–826. 1871. "Der botanische...
