| 单词 | white lotus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite lotus a. Any of several water lilies of the genus Nymphaea; spec. (more fully white lotus) N. lotus, of East Africa and South-East Asia, and (more fully blue lotus) N. caerulea, of East Africa. Also called sacred lotus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies edockec1000 water rose?a1300 mead-flower?a1350 water beanc1400 water coltsfoot14.. nenuphar?a1425 water lily?a1425 lotec1487 lotusc1487 nymphaea1543 water-can1622 can-dock1661 lotus flower1710 pond lily1748 Indian lotus1797 padma1799 Nuphar1822 beaver-root1832 splatterdock1832 frog-lily1845 brandy-bottle1846 Victoria1846 water nymph1848 lotus lily1857 cow-lily1862 pool lily1902 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 47 Moreouer it berith an herbe whiche is callid lotum [L. lotum], wherof they make brede. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 92v In time of the floude..there arise in the water great plenty of lyllyes, which the people of Ægypt call Lotos [Gk. λωτόν]. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xvii. 397 The Ægyptian Lotus [Fr. Lotus d'Egypte]..groweth in the marishes of Ægypt. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) 188 The Ægyptians did symbolically represent the supreme Divinity sitting on a lotus. 1808 J. Pinkerton Ess. Medals (ed. 3) I. 234 (note) This lotus must not be confounded with the lotus, or nettle-tree, so called from the form of its leaf..Nor with lotus, the fruit of a shrub. 1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 204 The blue and pink lotus of India. 1924 Brooklyn Bot. Garden Leaflets 17 Sept. 2 The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) and the White Lotus (N. Lotus)..represent the true Egyptian or Sacred Lotus. 2014 J. P. Rhind Fragrance & Wellbeing iv. 96 Cups or chalices representing the white lotus were used as drinking vessels, but those representing the blue lotus were used only in ritual. < as lemmas |
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