LOTUS

'Lotus' has many definitions. Depending on the context, it may refer to any of the following.

Contents

Plants

Asian culture

Western mythology

Business

Automotive and related

Fashion

Music

Fiction and games

Sports

Geography

Organisations and associations

Ships

International Law

Misc. notable businesses

Plants

★ The genus ''Lotus'' comprising bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches

★ Unrelated plants whose species, common, or colloquial names include "lotus":

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★ ''Ziziphus lotus'', the date palm (which may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology; ''see below'')

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★ ''Nelumbo nucifera'', the blue or Indian lotus, also known as the bean of India and the sacred water-lily

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★ ''Nelumbo lutea'', the American lotus

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★ ''Nymphaea alba'', the European white water-lily or white lotus

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★ ''Nymphaea caerulea'', the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus

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★ ''Nymphaea lotus'', the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus

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★ among other members of the genus ''Nymphaea''

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★ ''Saussurea laniceps'', the snow lotus

★ The lotus effect, a self-cleaning property of true ''Lotus'' species.
:''See "Western mythology" and "Fiction and games", below, for plants outside of the realm of scientific botany.''

Asian culture

★ 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-languae translation of Indian/Pakistani male name Rajiv

Western mythology

★ The lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's ''Odyssey''

Business

★ Lotus Software, a software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts (acquired by IBM in 1995); developer of:

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★ Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program

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★ Lotus Connections, social networking program

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★ Lotus Notes, enterprise-level electronic messaging

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★ Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration

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★ Lotus Sametime, instant messaging program

★ The Black Lotus, an audiovisual software demogroup

Automotive and related

★ Lotus Cars, a British sports and racing car manufacturer; related meanings include:

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★ Team Lotus, a Formula 1 constructor related to Lotus Cars

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★ ''Lotus (computer games)'', a videogame series based on Lotus Cars cars

Fashion

★ 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.

Music

★ Lotus An album by Italian singer Elisa released on November 2003. Most popular track is Broken

★ Lotus, a 1960s band in Hong Kong

★ Dark Lotus, a Psychopathic Records supergroup consisting of, as of 2006, the Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, and Blaze Ya Dead Homie

★ ''Lotus'', an album by the band Santana

★ "Lotus", a 1998 song by R.E.M.

★ Lotus, a song by Marianne Nowottny

★ "Lotus Feet", a song from the album '' by Steve Vai

★ Black Lotus Records, a music label

★ "Lotus", a 2007 song by Minus the Bear

★ Lotus (guitar), a former guitar manufacturer

Fiction and games

★ 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 '' 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.

Sports

★ "Lotus" was the former ring name of professional wrestler Dave Crist, half of the tag team Irish Airborne.

★ Lotus kicks, foot sweeps in some styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.

Geography

★ "Lotus Land" is a common nickname for the city of Vancouver, Canada

Organisations and associations

★ L.O.T.U.S., an acronym for the Dutch organisation Landelijke Opleiding tot Uitbeelden Slachtoffers

★ L.O.T.U.S., an acronymn for the internation effort for the ''Liberation of the United States''.

Ships

★ The S.S.S. Lotus is a gaff rigged schooner

★ The ''S.S. Lotus'' was a French steamship (or steamer) which in 1926 collided with the Turkish steamer ''S.S. Boz-Kourt''

International Law

★ The Lotus case is a precedent-setting case of international law resulting from the collision between the ''S.S. Lotus'' and the ''S.S. Boz-Kourt''

Misc. notable businesses

★ Tesco Lotus, a chain of Thai hypermarket stores

★ Blue Lotus from Russia