LOTUS, or BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL; a genus of plants
Lotus
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Love. plants belonging to the diadelphia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Papilionaceae. See BOTANY Index.
LOTUS of Homer. See DIOSPYROS,
Egyptian LOTUS. See NYMPHÆA,
Libyan LOTUS. See RHAMNUS,