"lotus seed" meaning in English

See lotus seed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lotus seeds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lotus seed (plural lotus seeds)
  1. Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts. Wikipedia link: lotus seed Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Proteales order plants Synonyms: lotus nut Translations (seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo): ကြာစေ့ (krace.) (Burmese), llavor de lotus [feminine] (Catalan), 蓮子 (Chinese Cantonese), 莲子 (lin⁴ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 蓮子 (Chinese Mandarin), 莲子 (liánzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蓮蓬子 (Chinese Mandarin), 莲蓬子 (liánpengzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), lotusfrø [neuter] (Danish), lotuszaad [neuter] (Dutch), lootuksensiemen (Finnish), graine de lotus [feminine] (French), Lotossamen [masculine] (German), 蓮の実 (hasu no mi) (Japanese), 연밥 (yeonbap) (Korean), 가방 (gabang) (Korean), 연실 (yeonsil) (Korean), 연자 (yeonja) (Korean), trate (Macanese), semilla de loto [feminine] (Spanish), نېلۇپەر ئۇرۇقى (nëluper uruqi) (Uyghur), hạt sen (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lotus seed meaning in English (4.9kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lotus seeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lotus seed (plural lotus seeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "en:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Proteales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Proteales order plants",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts."
      ],
      "id": "en-lotus_seed-en-noun-7yQArEHC",
      "links": [
        [
          "Nelumbo",
          "Nelumbo#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Nelumbo nucifera",
          "Nelumbo nucifera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "East Asian",
          "East Asian"
        ],
        [
          "cuisine",
          "cuisine"
        ],
        [
          "traditional Chinese medicine",
          "traditional Chinese medicine"
        ],
        [
          "dessert",
          "dessert"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lotus nut"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "krace.",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "ကြာစေ့"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "llavor de lotus"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "蓮子"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lin⁴ zi²",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "莲子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "蓮子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liánzǐ",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "莲子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "蓮蓬子"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liánpengzǐ",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "莲蓬子"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lotusfrø"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lotuszaad"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "lootuksensiemen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "graine de lotus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lotossamen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hasu no mi",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "蓮の実"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeonbap",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "연밥"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gabang",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "가방"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeonsil",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "연실"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeonja",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "연자"
        },
        {
          "code": "mzs",
          "lang": "Macanese",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "trate"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "semilla de loto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "nëluper uruqi",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "نېلۇپەر ئۇرۇقى"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
          "word": "hạt sen"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lotus seed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lotus seed"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lotus seeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lotus seed (plural lotus seeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Foods",
        "en:Proteales order plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Nelumbo",
          "Nelumbo#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Nelumbo nucifera",
          "Nelumbo nucifera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "East Asian",
          "East Asian"
        ],
        [
          "cuisine",
          "cuisine"
        ],
        [
          "traditional Chinese medicine",
          "traditional Chinese medicine"
        ],
        [
          "dessert",
          "dessert"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lotus seed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lotus nut"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krace.",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "ကြာစေ့"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llavor de lotus"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "蓮子"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lin⁴ zi²",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "莲子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "蓮子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánzǐ",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "莲子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "蓮蓬子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liánpengzǐ",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "莲蓬子"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lotusfrø"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lotuszaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "lootuksensiemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "graine de lotus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lotossamen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasu no mi",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "蓮の実"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeonbap",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "연밥"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gabang",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "가방"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeonsil",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "연실"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeonja",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "연자"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzs",
      "lang": "Macanese",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "trate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semilla de loto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nëluper uruqi",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "نېلۇپەر ئۇرۇقى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "seed from the plants in the genus Nelumbo",
      "word": "hạt sen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lotus seed"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.