blue lotus

American  

noun

1. Egyptian lotus1

2. a water lily, Nymphaea stellata, of India, having pale-blue flowers.

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Example Sentences

“I can find absolutely everything, including dried blue lotus slices for a cocktail garnish.”

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Octans neatly despatched a ghost leopard that infested their paradise and all was serene until she asked him to pick a certain blue lotus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Which meant that, three times a week, the sky of the Night Bazaar opened up to allow Urvashi to descend in a celestial blue lotus as big as the museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

In the center of Baby Kochamma’s garden, surrounded by beds of cannae and phlox, a marble cherub peed an endless silver arc into a shallow pool in which a single blue lotus bloomed.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Happy that gaze on Rama's face—with beauteous teeth and smile of love, Like the blue lotus in its grace—and like the starry king above.

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart