Overview
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Lotus has many definitions. Depending on the context, it may refer to any of the following.
Plants
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- Nelumbo, the genus of plant colloquially called the lotus
- Nelumbo nucifera, the blue or Indian lotus, also known as the bean of India and the sacred water-lily
- Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus
- Lotus (genus), comprising bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
- Ziziphus lotus, the date palm (which may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology; see below)
- Nymphaea, the water-lily genus superficially similar to and often confused with the nelumbo lotus
- Nymphaea alba, the European white water-lily or white lotus
- Nymphaea caerulea, the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus
- Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
- Saussurea laniceps, the snow lotus
- The lotus effect, a self-cleaning property of true Lotus species.
Asian Culture
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- The lotus is one of the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols
- The Lotus Sutra, or Sutra on the White Lotus, of the Sublime Dharma
- The Lotus position, a cross-legged sitting posture for meditation
- Lotus kicks, foot sweeps in some styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
- Lotus Foot, the practice of foot binding in pre-modern China
- "Lotus-flower" is the English-language translation of Indian/Pakistani male name "Rajiv"
- Padma (attribute) is the sacred lotus
- Nelumbo nucifera is known as the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
- Lotus seed used in Chinese medicine
- The lotus flower of the ancient Chinese culture was known partially as an aphrodisiac and is sometimes referred to as the "sex compass".[1]
Automotive and Related
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- Lotus Cars, a British sports and racing car manufacturer; related meanings include:
- Team Lotus, a Formula 1 constructor related to Lotus Cars
- Lotus (computer games), a videogame series based on Lotus Cars cars
Business
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- Tesco Lotus, a chain of Thai hypermarket stores
- Lotus Supercenter, a chain store of C.P. Group in China
- Blue Lotus from Russia
Computing
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- Lotus Software, a software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts (acquired by IBM in 1995); developer of:
- Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program, one of a killer application
- Lotus Connections, social networking program
- Lotus Notes, enterprise-level electronic messaging
- Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration
- Lotus Sametime, instant messaging program
- The Black Lotus, an audiovisual software demogroup
Fashion
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- The Type 1 Lotus Watch, designed by Lotus Design (a division of Lotus Cars)
- Lotuswear is a Vancouver athletic and casual wear company with locations in BC and Alberta.
Fiction and Games
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- Lotus, an abstract strategy board game
- Black lotus, a fictional plant with narcotic, poisonous or other powers, in the "Conan the Barbarian" stories and other fantasy fiction, as well as many games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, etc.
- The Black Lotus unit in Command and Conquer: Generals and its sequel
- Lotus, the enemy of the comic book hero, Wonder Man
- The Lotus Clan of dark sorcerers in Battle Realms.
- Front Lotus / Reverse Lotus, taijutsu techniques in the anime/manga Naruto
- The Blue Lotus, a comic album part of the series The Adventures of Tintin written and illustrated by Hergé in 1936.
Geography
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- Lotus, Florida, USA, an area in Brevard County
- "Lotus Land", a common nickname for the city of Vancouver, BC, Canada
International Law
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- The Lotus case, a precedent-setting case of international law resulting from the collision between the S.S. Lotus and the S.S. Boz-Kourt
Music
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- Lotus (album), by the band Santana
- Lotus, an album by Italian singer Elisa released in November 2003
- Lotus (band), a 1960s band in Hong Kong
- Lotus (band), a five-piece band from Philadelphia that fuses electronic dance music with instrumental post-rock.
- Lotus (guitar), a former guitar manufacturer
- Lotus (song), a 1998 song by R.E.M.
- "Lotus", a song by Marianne Nowottny
- "Lotus", a 2007 song by Minus the Bear
- "Lotus Feet", a song from the album Real Illusions: Reflections by Steve Vai
- Black Lotus Records, a music label
- Dark Lotus, a Psychopathic Records supergroup consisting of, as of 2006, the Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, and Blaze Ya Dead Homie
organizations and Associations
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- L.O.T.U.S., an acronym for the Dutch organization Landelijke Opleiding tot Uitbeelden Slachtoffers
- L.O.T.U.S., an acronymn for the internation effort for the Liberation of the United States.
Ships
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- The S.S.S. Lotus, a gaff rigged schooner
- The S.S. Lotus (see Lotus case), a French steamship (or steamer) which in 1926 collided with the Turkish steamer S.S. Boz-Kourt
Sports
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- Lotus kicks, foot sweeps in some styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
Western Mythology
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- The lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey
Astrology
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- Lotus constellation was a stars system, it had for a long time been shining on the horizon to the north, but since its influence was restricted to the northern hemisphere. All this in a cluster of star systems called the Lotus Constellation, 150 or so light years from earth with no chance of getting back and it is not used nowadays.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Lotus is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 446 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Lotus: L. 'Fire Vine' · L. 'Gold Flash' (Parrots Beak) · L. 'Red Flash' · L. aboriginum · L. aboriginus · L. aduncus · L. aegaeus · L. aegeus · L. alamosanus · L. albidus · L. albus · L. allionii · L. alpinus · L. ambiguus · L. americana · L. americanus · L. amplexicaulis · L. anfractuosus · L. angustifolius · L. angustissimus (Slender Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. angustissimus subsp. hispidus · L. angustissimus var. fallax · L. angustissimus var. glaber · L. anthylloides · L. arabicus · L. arborescens · L. arboreus · L. arenarius · L. argensis · L. argenteus · L. argolicus · L. argophyllus · L. argophyllus adsurgens · L. argophyllus adsurgens var. adsurgens · L. argophyllus argophyllus var. argophyllus (Silver Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus niveus · L. argophyllus ornithopus · L. argophyllus var. adsurgens (San Clemente Island Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argophyllus var. ornithopus · L. argyraeus · L. argyraeus multicaulis var. multicaulis · L. argyraeus var. argyraeus (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argyraeus var. multicaulis (Canyon Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. argyrodes · L. arinagensis · L. armeniacus · L. arvensis · L. assakensis · L. atlanticus · L. aucheri · L. aurantiacus · L. australis (Australian Trefoil) · L. australis var. australis · L. azoricus · L. balsamiferous · L. balsamiferus · L. balsamiferus var. stipularis · L. becquetii · L. belgradicus · L. benthamii · L. berthelotii (Pelican´s-Beak) · L. berthelotii deep red-flowered · L. berthelotii Kew form · L. berthelotii × maculatus · L. bertholetii · L. bertholoti · L. bicolor · L. biflorus · L. biolettii · L. biolettii var. biolettii · L. bivoneus · L. bollei · L. borbasii · L. borkouanus · L. bornmuellerianus · L. borzii · L. brachycarpus · L. brandianus · L. broussonetii · L. brunneri · L. burttii · L. callunetorum (Lyadvenetz Vereshchatnikovyi) · L. campestris · L. campylocladus · L. canariensis · L. candidissimus · L. canescens · L. capillipes · L. capitellatus · L. carniculatus · L. creticus · L. castellanus · L. caucasicus · L. cedrosensis · L. chazaliei · L. chihuahuanus · L. coccineus · L. coeruleus · L. coimbrensis · L. coimbricensis · L. collinus · L. colocensis · L. commutatus · L. confinis · L. coniculatus · L. conjugatus · L. conjugatus conjugatus · L. conjugatus requienii · L. corniculata · L. corniculatus (Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus subsp. tenuis · L. corniculatus 'Emlyn' · L. corniculatus 'Plenus' (Double Birds Foot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus afghanicus · L. corniculatus alpinus · L. corniculatus carpetanus · L. corniculatus corniculatus (Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus corniculatus var. corniculatus · L. corniculatus frondosus · L. corniculatus fruticosus (Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus japonicus · L. corniculatus major · L. corniculatus tenuifolius (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. corniculatus tenuis · L. corniculatus var. crassifolius · L. corniculatus var. japonicus · L. corniculatus var. major · L. corniculatus var. sativus · L. krylovii · L. corniculatus var.japonicus · L. coronillaefolius · L. coronillifolius · L. crassifolius · L. crassifolius var. crassifolius (Broad-Leaved Lotus) · L. crassifolius var. otayensis · L. cretica · L. creticus · L. creticus cytisoides · L. cruentus (Red Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. cytisoides · L. cytisoides subsp. cytisoides · L. cytisoides conradiae · L. davidsonii · L. davidsonii var. davidsonii · L. decumbens · L. delorti · L. delortii · L. dendroideus · L. dendroideus var. dendroideus (Island Broom) · L. denticulatus · L. dichotomus · L. diffusus · L. digii · L. digitatus · L. discolor · L. discolor discolor · L. discolor mollis · L. divaricatus · L. douglasii · L. drepanocarpus · L. dumetorum · L. durandoi · L. edulis · L. emeroides · L. eriophorus · L. eriophthalmus · L. eriosolen · L. erythrorhizus · L. filicaulis · L. filiformis · L. flexuosus · L. floridus · L. fluminensis · L. folmum · L. formosissimus · L. fremonti · L. fremontii · L. krylovii · L. fruticosus · L. fruticulosus · L. fulgurans · L. garcini · L. garcinii · L. glaber (Narrow-Leaf Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. glaberrimus · L. glabra · L. glacialis · L. glareosus · L. glaucescens · L. glaucus · L. glinioides · L. glinoides · L. goetzei · L. goetzii · L. gracilis · L. grandiflorus · L. grandiflorus var. grandiflorus (Chaparral Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. greenei · L. guadalupensis · L. halophilus · L. hamatus · L. haydonii · L. hebecarpus · L. hebranicus · L. heermanni · L. heermannii · L. heermannii var. heermannii (Heermann's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. hillebrandii · L. hirsutus · L. hirsutus 'Brimstone' (Hairy Canary Clover) · L. hirsutus 'Lisbob' · L. hirsutus 'Little Boy Blue' · L. hirsutus 'Lois' · L. hirsutus 'Silver Mist' · L. hirsutus dwarf · L. hirsutus Little Boy Blue = 'Lisbob' · L. hirtellus · L. hirtulus · L. hispidus (Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. holosericeus · L. holosericus · L. humilis · L. humistratus · L. hybrid · L. incanus · L. intermedius · L. jacobaeus (Lotus Jacobaeus) · L. jacobeus · L. jaegeri · L. corniculatus subsp. corniculatus · L. jolyi · L. judaicus · L. junceus · L. junceus var. junceus (Rush Broom) · L. krylovii (Krylov's Birdsfoot Trefoil) · L. laevigatus · L. lalambensis · L. lamprocarpus · L. lancerottensis · L. lanuginosus · L. laricus · L. lathyroides · L. latifolius · L. lebrunii · L. leptophylla · L. leptophyllus · L. leucophaeus · L. leucophyllus · L. levieri · L. libanoticus · L. linearis · L. longebracteatus · L. longesiliquosus · L. longifolia · L. longisiliquosus · L. loweanus · L. macbridei · L. macranthus · L. macranthus var. macranthus · L. macrotrichus · L. maculatus (Parrots Beak Lotus Maculatus) · L. maculatus 'Amazon Sunset' (Amazon Sunset Lotus Vine) · L. maculatus 'Parrot's beak' · L. major · L. maritima · L. maritimus (Square-Podded Bird´s Foot Trefoil (Usa)) · L. maroccana · L. maroccanus · L. mascaensis · L. mearnsii · L. mearnsii var. equisolensis (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. mearnsii var. mearnsii (Mearns' Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. medicaginoides · L. melilotoides · L. micranthus · L. microphyllus · L. mlanjeanus · L. mlanjeanus · L. mollis · L. mollissimus · L. montanus · L. mossamedensis · L. namulensis · L. neoincanus · L. neomexicanus · L. nevadensis · L. nevadensis var. nevadensis (Nevada Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. nevandensis · L. niveus · L. niveus var. niveus · L. nubicus · L. nudiflorus · L. nummularius · L. nummulus · L. nuttallianus · L. oblongifolius · Hosackia oblongifolia (Copper-Flowered Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. oblongifolius var. oblongifolius (Streambank Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. odoratus · L. oligoceratos · L. oliveirae · L. ononopsis · L. ornithopodiodes · L. ornithopoides · L. ornithopus · L. ornitopodiodes · L. oroboides · L. oroboides var. ramulosus · L. goetzei · L. pacificus · L. palaestinus · L. palustris (Large Birds-Foot Trefoil) · L. parviflorus (Smallflower Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. patens · L. peduncularis · L. pedunculatus (Greater Birds Foot Trefoil) · L. pedunculatus var. villosus · L. peliorhychus · L. peliorhynchus · L. pentaphyllos · L. pentaphyllus · L. pentaphyllus herbaceus · L. pentaphyllus pentaphyllus · L. peregrinus · L. pilosissimus · L. pilosus · L. pinnatus · L. plebeius (Long-Bract Bird's-Foot-Trefoil) · L. polyphyllos · L. polyphyllus · L. pratensis · L. preslii · L. procumbens · L. procumbens var. procumbens (Silky Deerweed) · L. prostratus · L. pseudocreticus · L. puberulus · L. purpurascens · L. purpureus · L. purshiana · L. purshianus · L. purshianus var. Purshianus (Spanish Clover) · L. pusillus · L. quinatus · L. ramulosus · L. rechingerii · L. rectum · L. rectus · L. repens · L. requienii · L. rigidus · L. robsonii · L. roseus · L. rostellatus · L. roudairei · L. rubellus · L. rubiflorus · L. rubriflorus · L. salsuginosus · L. salsuginosus brevivexillus · L. salsuginosus brevivexillus var. brevivexillus · L. salsuginosus var. salsuginosus (Coastal Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. salvagensis · L. sativus · L. schimperi · L. schoelleri · L. scoparius · L. scoparius brevialatus · L. scoparius brevialatus var. brevialatus (California Broom) · L. scoparius dendroideus · L. scoparius scoparius var. scoparius (California Broom) · L. scoparius traskiae var. traskiae · L. scoparius var. perplexans · L. sericeus · L. sericeus non var. unifoliolatus · L. sessilifolius · L. siliquosus · L. simonae · L. simoneae · L. spartioides · L. spectabilis · L. spencerae · L. stenodon · L. stepposus · L. stipularis · L. stipularis var. stipularis (Balsam Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. strictus · L. strigosus · L. strigosus var. strigosus (Strigose Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. suaveolens · L. subbiflorus (Hairy Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. subdigitatus · L. sulphureus · L. superbus · L. symmetricus · L. tauricus · L. tenius · L. tenuifolius · L. tenuis (Thin-Leaved Bird´s-Foot Trefoil) · L. tetragonolobus (Square Podded Pea) · L. tetraphyllus · L. thermalis · L. tibesticus · L. tigrensis · L. tingitanus · L. tomentellus · L. tomentellus var. tomentellus · L. tomentosus · L. torreyi · L. torreyi var. oblongifolius · L. torulosus · L. trigonelloides · L. trispermus · L. uliginosa · L. uliginosus · L. unifoliatus · L. unifoliolatus · L. unifoliolatus var. helleri (Heller's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · L. unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus · L. utahensis · L. veatchii · L. venustus · L. versicolor · L. villosus · L. weilleri · L. wildii · L. wrangelianus · L. wrightii · L. conjugatus subsp. conjugatus
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