[1] Same or similar entries in other lexica -- prompted by Homer, Iliad 9.241 (web address 1 below), the sole appearance of the phrase (nhw=n) a)/kra ko/rumba. For dispute over its precise meaning see Aristophanes fr.222 Kock, now 233 Kassel-Austin. The cluster-of-fruit (ivy or other) sense, later in the entry, is quite separate. Casson points out (12-13) that the Egyptians had been building rafts and boats out of bundled reeds since the middle of fourth millenium BCE. Later, such crafts were equipped with elegant stem- and sternposts topped with an adornment resembling a lotus bud; cf. Casson (12-13 with figs. 7-9). See generally LSJ s.v. See also alpha 1017.
[2] Literally, 'the things to be revered'. This addendum is also in ps.-Zonaras.