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Lotus may refer to:

Plants

* Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
** Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus
* Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology

Places

* 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

Brands

*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
*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
*Lotus, a brand of watches, part of the Festina Group
* Lotus Foods, an organic 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 application
*Lotus Supercenter, an Asian supermarket chain owned by the Charoen Pokphand Group
* Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand, formerly owned by Lotus Supercenter

Religion

* Sacred lotus in religious art
* Lotus throne base for figures in Asian religious art
* Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols)
* Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra

Media and entertainment

Music

* Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
* Lotus (American band), an 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
*''Lotus'' (2009), by Haywyre

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 Lil Uzi Vert on the album ''Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2 ''
*"Lotus", a song by Minus the Bear on '' Planet of Ice''
*"Lotus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album ''Sim City''

Other media

*Lotus (board game), a strategy game
* ''Lotus'' (magazine), a trilingual political and cultural magazine
* ''Lotus'' (video game series), a videogame series based on Lotus cars
*Lotus, the codename of a character in the 2009 video game '' Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors''

Vessels

* ''Lotus'' (1826 ship), English ship
* ''Lotus'' (motor vessel), a houseboat yacht
* S.S. ''Lotus'', a French steamship involved in the ''Lotus case'' criminal trial
* S.S.S. ''Lotus'', an American sailing vessel

Other uses

* Law of the unconscious statistician (LOTUS), a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function

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
*'' The Blue Lotus'', a Tintin book by Hergé
*'' The White Lotus'', an HBO satire comedy miniseries

* Lotos (disambiguation)
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