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PREFERRED TERM
Lotus  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "lōtus". It refers to the representation of Any of the several water lilies of the genus Nymphaea.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fleur de lotus

French

Ninfea

Italian

Flor de loto

Spanish

flores de loto
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/835
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