Lotus Explained

Lotus or 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

Cars and car racing

• 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

Other brands

• Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
• 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's, formerly Lotus Supercenter and Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand and Malaysia operated by Charoen Pokphand Group

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

Artists

• Lotus (Australian band), a 1970s rock, pop band
• 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 Elephants 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, a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function
• Lateral olfactory tract usher substance, a protein in nerve cells promoting axon growth
• Lotus Blossom (born 2007) Japanese-American actress and daughter of Ernie Reyes Jr.
• Lotus Long (1909–1990), Asian-American actress
• Operation Lotus (disambiguation), multiple meanings

See also

• • Lotus position, a posture used in yoga, meditation & Zen Buddhism
• Lotus Temple, Baha'i House of Worship in Delhi, India
• Lotos (disambiguation)