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US
/ˈɫoʊtəs/
]
[ UK /lˈəʊtəs/ ]
[ UK /lˈəʊtəs/ ]
NOUN
- white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
How To Use lotus In A Sentence
- In a little water in front of the grotto is the lotus-flower, a regular Indian plant; while in the shade of some of the petrified wood are several beautiful English ferns. Three Months in the Soudan
- We are manufacturing of sweet potato dumplings, lotus crispy, matzo crispy, hibiscus crispy, sweet potato candy, fruit cakes, and fried rice crispy.
- Ganesh offers her one of his enchanted lotus flowers so that she might visit Buddha in the sky.
- In the second example the rosette is substituted for the inner curves of the spiral, and the intermediate space is filled in with the true lotus motive. Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers
- And here, in the Ramesseum, I found campaniform, or lotus-flower capitals on the columns -- here where Rameses once perhaps dreamed of his Syrian campaigns, or of that famous combat when, "like The Spell of Egypt
- Like lily, lotus tends to be metallic and headachingly heady on me. Archive 2007-02-01
- Lotuses their heads uprear from the pure wave, and charm the view with mingled tints of red and blue.
- In the weaving village, building after building was filled with wooden looms used to make silk and lotus cloth. Times, Sunday Times
- Among the other Buddhist works is Suzuki Kiitsu ' s sublime 19th-century scroll painting of Sho-Kannon, who sits tranquilly on a floating lotus, backed by a golden moon and brilliant blue sky. In Search of Beauty
- The main winding was of the normal Lotus odeltoid type placed in panendermic semi-boloid slots of the stator. Need a Milford Trenyan?
