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LOTUS TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lotus tree mean?
• LOTUS TREE (noun)
The noun LOTUS TREE has 1 sense:
1. shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
Familiarity information: LOTUS TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lotus tree; Ziziphus lotus
Hypernyms ("lotus tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("lotus tree" is a member of...):
genus Ziziphus; Ziziphus (spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes)
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