Lotus

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Lotus may refer to:

Botany

• Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus
  • Lotus (genus), the specific genus lotus
  • Lotus flower, a common species also known as Indian or sacred lotus
• Lotus tree, a mythological plant

Geography

• Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States
• Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States
• Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States
• Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States

Motor cars

• Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer
  • Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season
  • Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994
  • Pacific Team Lotus, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Pacific and competed in Formula One in 1995
  • Lotus GP, a French GP2 and GP3 racing team sponsored by Lotus Cars
  • Lotus (series), a videogame series based on Lotus cars
• Team Lotus (2010–11), a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season

Other brands

• Lotus, sometimes rebranded Tork, a European brand of toilet paper owned by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
• Lotus (board game), a strategy game
• Lotus, the codename of a character in the 2009 video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
• Lotus (motor vessel), a houseboat yacht
• Lotus, brand of watches, part of the Festina Group
• Lotus Foods, an organic and heirloom rice company
• Lotus Bakeries, a Belgian bakery founded in 1932
• Lotus Software, a personal computer software company, best known for
  • Lotus Notes, collaborative software, personal information manager and e-mail client now known as IBM Notes
  • Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet
• Lotus Supercenter, an Asian supermarket chain owned by the Charoen Pokphand Group
• S.S. Lotus, a French steamship involved in the Lotus case criminal trial
• S.S.S. Lotus, an American sailing vessel
• Law of the unconscious statistician (LOTUS), a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function
• Lotus Juice, a Puerto Rican pineapple juice brand.

Religion

• Padma (attribute), a polyvalent religious symbol
• Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols)
• Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra

Music

• Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
• Lotus (American band), a 2000s instrumental rock band
• Lotus (Hong Kong band), a 1960s pop band

Albums

• Lotus (Christina Aguilera album) (2012), by Christina Aguilera
• Lotus (Elisa album) (2003), by Elisa
• Lotus (Santana album) (1974), by Santana

Songs

• "Lotus" (Arashi song), by Arashi
• "Lotus" (Dir en grey song), a song by Dir En Grey
• "Lotus" (R.E.M. song), by R.E.M.
• "Lotus", a song from Cage The Elephant's debut album
• "Lotus", a song by Minus the Bear on Planet of Ice
• "Lotus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album Sim City

See also

• Lotus-eaters, a Greek mythological people
• Lotus position, a posture used in yoga, meditation & Zen Buddhism
• Lotus Temple, Baha'i House of Worship in Delhi, India
• Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand, formerly owned by Lotus Supercenter
• The Blue Lotus, a Tintin book by Hergé
• Lotos (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "lotus"