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Definition of Nelumbo speciosa
Nelumbo speciosa 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.
