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nounnative to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
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nounwhite Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptianstype of:
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- lotus white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- nymphaea caerulea blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
- water chinquapin edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
- blue lotus blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
- genus nelumbo sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
- nymphaea lotus white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
- cephalotaceae a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
- hydrophytic plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
- aquatic plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth