Egyptian lotus

American  

noun

1. either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea blue lotus, having light blue flowers, or N. lotus white lotus, having white flowers.

2. Indian lotus.

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Example Sentences

“Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York,” which opens on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shows how he experimented with Biedermeier and Rococo curves, Egyptian lotus patterns and Gothic trefoils and pointed arches.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2011

Next summer, more coffins were unearthed, all decorated with human masks, wigged in the Egyptian manner and topped by Egyptian lotus flowers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here was seen what is called the water rose, pink in color and nearly double the size of our pond lily, recalling the Egyptian lotus, to which family it would seem it must belong.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Colors of flowers, laws governing colors and combinations, 44, 45;natural exception to; three primary colors in the hyacinth, Egyptian lotus; sky reflections destroying color, 45.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

Imagine five lakelets covered by Egyptian lotus, and the different varieties of water-lilies.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.