noun
- Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers.
- synonyms: Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
- Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs.
- synonyms: genus Lotus
- White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians.
- synonyms: white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus
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