Lotus
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- noun
- /ˈloʊtəs/
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loto
- Her skin is fair like the lotus blossom.
- lotus leaves
- Lotus root
- Lotus flower
OK, next one, the Lotus from your tattoo. Oht, man, honestly, there's no way I could do that like I have.
- OK, next one, the Lotus from your tattoo. Oht, man, honestly, there's no way I could do that like I have.
Examples
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And on your shoulder, the lotus flowers.
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Carol, I would take a lotus from a smelly swamp over one of those fake, plastic ones you see in "Zen" aquariums any day.
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- You could really use a lotus flower.
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Uh, I particularly suggest the lotus root.
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I really think that turned out well, and the lotus flower on the front of it works good.
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FLORENCE: How about some lotus root?
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The lotus flower blooms in the Nile's gray mud.
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In the 1950s, a Japanese botanist discovered viable lotus seeds in an Ice Age lakebed.
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It also indicates the continual evolution of a person's spirituality amidst the evils of the world, because in Sanskrit, the lotus flower is called "pankaja."
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The leaves of a lotus plant look waxy and smooth.
Compounds
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A way of sitting with legs crossed and each foot on the opposite thigh used for yoga and meditation
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A water plant with blue flowers that people often use in art, religion, and traditional medicine
A water plant with large round leaves, pale yellow flowers, and edible seeds that grows in shallow ponds
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A North American plant that lives one year with red or pink flowers in the pea family
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A low-growing plant with many branches and bright red or purple flowers often used in hanging baskets
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A low, long-lived plant with yellow flowers and claw-shaped seed pods used for farm animal feed
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A peaceful place like a dream where people relax and forget their problems
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A spreading annual plant from Europe with four-winged pods you can eat, called the asparagus pea
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A small tree from countries around the Mediterranean that has fruit and is in old myths
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A white water lily that grows in Egypt and parts of Africa and was sacred to ancient Egyptians
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A water plant with large pink or white flowers often seen as holy in many Asian cultures
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lotus comes from the old Greek word lotos, which meant 'a kind of plant' and appears in ancient stories about the 'lotus-eaters' who grew dreamy after eating it. So today Lotus is the name of a group of flowering plants, and that story helps you remember it is a plant name.