noun

• A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
• A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
• A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
• A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
• Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
• Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
• Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
• An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
• A British manufacturer of cars.
• A few places in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
• An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
• An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
• An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
• Short for lotus position. [A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.]