LOTUSES
Noun
lotuses
plural of lotus
Anagrams
• solutes, tousels, tousles
Source: Wiktionary
LOTUS
Lo"tus, n. Etym: [L. lotus, Gr. 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 Nymphæa Lotus and N.
cærulea, 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.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally
asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition