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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