Lotus
n.
A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum , used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum , the American lotus; and Nymphæa Lotus and Nymphæa cærulea , the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum , are figured on its ancient monuments.
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