sacred lotus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sacred lotus
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Just yesterday I received seeds from a type of sacred lotus that were 3,000 years old.
From The Verge ● Mar. 30, 2018
Discussing how to “see” a plant, he looks at the sacred lotus, flowering above the mud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2016
Two other polyploid plants made waves last week: the carnivorous bladderwort and the sacred lotus.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2013
A scroll honoring that struggle, from a group called Friends of Shinobazu Pond, a sacred lotus pond in Tokyo, begins “To the Friends of Van Voorhees Park.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2011
It decorates the roofs of the Buddhist monasteries in Thibet, and like the sacred lotus flower and the linga, both of which became emblems of Buddha, was derived from older faiths.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
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