lotus
IPA: ɫˈoʊtʌs
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.]
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Examples of "lotus" in Sentences
- They enjoyed the laudatory of Lotus Country.
- The lotus pestles symbolize glory and success.
- The Lotus is the epitome of purity and goodness.
- The image of the lotus position depicts teenagers.
- The lotus was chosen as the floral emblem of Macau.
- The most famous rare plant found here is the prickly lotus.
- The body of the burner is shaped in the form of a blossoming lotus.
- In the center of the lotus of the heart a marvelous triangle exists.
- The most abundant plants include American Lotus, cattail and Spatterdock.
- The blooming of the lotus or the opening up of the brain power mean the lotus.
- While awake, Charlie thought of himself sitting in lotus position in his clear bubble.
- The spiral, either in its simplest form, or in combination with the rosette or the lotus, is an Egyptian design.
- The gourd-shaped vase, covered in lotus flowers and vine-like tendrils, was made in the Imperial workshops of Qianlong.
- Sotheby The gourd-shaped vase, covered in lotus flowers and vine-like tendrils, was made in the Imperial workshops of Qianlong.
- Time goes by in lotus dreams that have no memory of a past or reckoning of a future till we wake suddenly, and find anchor cast in the gulf of Aden.
- The lotus is significant to Theravada buddhism because the plant blooms out from the murky waters of a lake, representing enlightenment from ignorance.
- In the pages of the Oracle, we find a photograph of a nude woman in lotus position, suckling a child against a psychedelic background suggestive of an aura.
- Specially characteristic of Egypt, though not altogether peculiar to it, were the papyrus and the lotus -- the _Cyperus papyrus_ and _Nymphæa lotus_ of botanists.
- There's not much about ID in lotus land, but there's a Conservative Christian Bible belt which professes "God created the heavens and the earth" and the two apparently go hand in hand.
- Dr. Taylor, in his Topography of Dacca, speaks of fecula or starch being obtained from the Egyptian lotus (_Nymphæa lotus_), which is used by the native practitioners as a substitute for arrowroot.
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