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Lotus may refer to:
- Nelumbo, plant genus of true Lotus flowers
- Lotus position, cross-legged sitting posture for meditation
Horticulture and botany
- Lotus (genus), comprising bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
- Ziziphus lotus, thorny shrub that may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology
- Lotus effect, self-cleaning property of Nelumbo species
- Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
- Nymphaea zenkeri, the red tiger lotus
- Nelumbo nucifera, blue lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or sacred water-lily
- Nelumbo lutea, American lotus
- Nymphaea, the water-lily genus superficially similar to and often confused with Nelumbo lotus
- Nymphaea alba, European white water-lily or white lotus
- Nymphaea caerulea, Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus
- Saussurea laniceps, snow lotus
Asian culture
- Lotus kick, foot sweep in T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- Lotus seed, in Chinese medicine
- Lotus Sutra, of the Sublime Dharma
- Nelumbo nucifera, the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
- Padma (attribute), the sacred lotus
- Lotus feet, the practice of foot binding in pre-modern China
- Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols
Western culture
- Lotus (album), live album by the band Santana
- Lotus (board game), abstract strategy board game
- Lotus (band), Sixties pop band
- Lotus (jamband), livetronica band popular in the jamband scene. Nelumbo is a Genus of aquatic plants with large showy Water lily -like flowers commonly known as Lotus or sacred lotus The lotus position ( Devanāgarī: पद्मासन IAST: padmāsana; Japanese:) is a cross- Legged See Lotus for other uses including several other plant taxa bearing this name Ziziphus lotus is a Deciduous Shrub in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to the Mediterranean region. The leaves of the sacred lotus flower ( Nelumbo) are characterized by a very high water repellency ( superhydrophobicity) Nymphaea lotus, the Tiger Lotus or Egyptian White Water-lily, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae that grows in various parts of Nymphaea zenkeri, the Red Tiger Lotus, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae that grows in various parts of East Africa. Nelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus, also known as Yellow Lotus or Water-chinquapin, is a Flowering plant of the order Proteales Nymphaea is a Genus of Aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. Nymphaea alba, also known as the European White Waterlily, White Lotus, or Nenuphar, is an aquatic flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea caerulea, also known as the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, is a Blue water-lily in the Genus Saussurea laniceps (common name Snow Lotus, shared with several other similar species of Saussurea) is a rare plant found only in the The lotus kick is also known as jump outside, outside spinkick, or Teng kong bai lian. Lotus seeds or Lotus nuts are the seeds of plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera. The Lotus Sutra or Sutra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma (Sanskrit sa सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्र Saddharma Nelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily Padma ( nelumblum speciosum) the Sacred lotus, is an Aquatic plant that plays a central role in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Ashtamangala are a Sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to a number of Indian religions. Lotus is a 1974 live Album by Santana. It was originally released as a triple vinyl LP and has seen CD releases as a double CD (track list as below Lotus is a Board game for two to four players developed by Dominique Teller and published by Ravensburger Spieleverlag. The Lotus was a popular English pop/rock band in Hong Kong in the 1960s
- Lotus (guitar), former guitar manufacturer
- Lotus (song), song by R. Lotus was a manufacturer of guitarsfrom the late 1970s to the late 1990s " Lotus " is a song by REM, released as the second single from their eleventh studio album Up. E. M.
- The Blue Lotus, comic album part of the 1936 series The Adventures of Tintin
- Lotus, album by Italian singer Elisa
- Lotus, song by Minus the Bear
Corporate and computing
- Lotus Software, previously Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lotus 1-2-3, spreadsheet program
- Lotus Cars, British sports and racing car manufacturer
- Lotus (computer games), a videogame series based on Lotus Cars
- Lotus Notes, enterprise-level electronic messaging
- Lotus Sametime, instant messaging program
- Team Lotus, Formula 1 constructor related to Lotus Cars
- Tesco Lotus, chain of Thai hypermarket stores
- IBM Lotus Connections, social networking program
- IBM Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration
Other usage
- Lotus, Florida, area in Brevard County, USA
- S.S.S. Lotus, gaff-rigged schooner
- Lotus case, a precedent-setting case resulting from a collision between the S. The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay, also called ELISA, Enzyme ImmunoAssay or EIA, is a biochemical technique used mainly in Immunology Minus the Bear is a rock band from Seattle Washington. The band features current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving Lotus Software (called Lotus Development Corporation before its acquisition by IBM) is a Software company with headquarters in Westford, Lotus 1-2-3 is a Spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM) Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The Lotus series consists of three racing computer games, that were released between 1990 and 1992 for various computers and game consoles Lotus Notes is a Client-server, collaborative application developed and sold by IBM Software Group IBM Lotus Sametime is an enterprise Instant messaging and web conferencing application sold by the Lotus Software division of IBM. 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. Tesco Lotus is a Hypermarket chain in Thailand and China. In Thailand the stores are operated by Ek-Chai Distribution System Co IBM Lotus Connections is a proprietary Web-based Social software application distributed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Announced at the Lotusphere 2007 IBM Lotus Quickr is Web 20 -based team collaboration designed to transform the way Documents and Rich media Lotus is a former Town in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The SSS (Sea Scout Ship Lotus is a Gaff rigged Schooner operated and maintained by Sea Scout Ship 303 of Webster New York The Lotus case concerns a Criminal trial which was the result of the August 02 1926 collision between S S. Lotus and the S. S. Boz-Kourt
- Lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey
See also
The lotus tree (Greek lôtos) is a plant that occurs in two stories from Greek mythology: In Homer 's Odyssey, the lotusDictionary
lotus
-noun
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo
- 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
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples
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