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or BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL; a genus of plants plants belonging to the diadelphia clas; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Papilionaceae.

See Botany Index.

Lotus of Homer. See Diospyros, Egyptian Lotus. See Nymphæa, Lilium Lotus. See Rhamnus,