Wiktionary
n. 1 A lily-like aquatic flower growing in Asia and North Africa, (taxlink Nymphaea caerulea species noshow=1), revered by the Ancient Egyptians. 2 (taxlink Nymphaea nouchali species noshow=1), an aquatic flower native to the Indian subcontinent. 3 A perennial aquatic flower native to tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia, ''Nelumbo nucifera'', having attractive flowers and sometimes used in food.
WordNet
n. blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia [syn: Nymphaea stellata]
blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: Nymphaea caerulea]
Wikipedia
Blue lotus may refer to:
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Nymphaea aquatic flowers native to Egypt:
- Nymphaea caerulea, known primarily known as blue lotus (or blue Egyptian lotus)
- Blue-flowered Nymphaea nouchali
- The Blue Lotus, a book in the Tintin series
- Blue Lotus, a rock and roll jam band based out of Eugene, Oregon
Usage examples of "blue lotus".
He is portrayed as yellow, seated on a blue lion with a red maw, in the posture of teaching, a blue lotus in his hand - often with a sword, the sword of knowledge, or a book.
To me it seemed that my face was more lovely than the cerulean blue lotus blooms that framed it.
Nefer-tem, crowned with the sacred blue lotus and white ostrich plumes.
It consisted of two glorious herbaceous borders rising to steep hedges on either side, and ending at an old sun-dial beyond which lay the pond garden, modelled from that at Hampton Court, sinking in rectangular stages to a pool where, later in the year, blue lotus flower sand white water-lilies floated serenely in the sunshine.
There was no transition: one instant I was sitting in the Blue Lotus on Red Dragon Street and the next I was.