Lotus

The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: lotus

Lotus may refer to:

• Nelumbo, plant genus commonly known as 'Lotus'
• Lotus position, cross-legged sitting posture for meditation

in horticulture:

• Lotus (genus), it includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
• Nelumbo nucifera, blue or Indian lotus
• Nelumbo lutea, American lotus
• Nymphaea, the water-lily genus superficially similar to Nelumbo
• 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
• Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
• Lotus effect, self-cleaning property of Nelumbo species
• Saussurea laniceps, snow lotus
• Ziziphus lotus, thorny shrub that may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology

in culture (Asian):

• Lotus feet, the practice of Foot binding in pre-modern China
• Lotus kick, foot sweep in Tai chi chuan
• Lotus seed, in Chinese medicine
• Lotus Sutra
• Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols
• Nelumbo nucifera, the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
• Padma (attribute), the sacred lotus

in corporate and computing:

• Lotus Software, previously Lotus Development Corporation, software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• IBM Lotus Connections, social networking program
• IBM Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration
• 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

in geography:

• Lotus, Florida, area in Brevard County, USA
• Vancouver, nickname Lotus Land

in maritime

• S.S.S. Lotus, gaff-rigged schooner
• Lotus case, a precedent-setting case resulting from a collision between the S.S. Lotus and the S.S. Boz-Kourt

in other meanings:

• Lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey

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