A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. / A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.

A British manufacturer of cars. / An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.

A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.

A lily-like aquatic flower growing in Asia and North Africa, Nymphaea caerulea, revered by the Ancient Egyptians. / Nymphaea nouchali, an aquatic flower native to the Indian subcontinent.

Alternative form of lotus-eater

plural of lotus birth

(uncountable) The practice of not severing a newborn's umbilical cord, but rather allowing it to dry out and separate naturally after a few days. / (countable) A birth performed with this practice.

The superhydrophobicity associated with the leaves of the lotus plant

(Hinduism, Buddhism) "Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra", a popular Sanskrit treatise which forms the basis of many forms of Buddhism.

Any of various plants in the genus Saussurea that grow at high latitudes in central Asia.