Egyptian lotus
Americannoun
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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.
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“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
Nymph�a, nim-fē′a, n. a genus of water-plants, with beautiful fragrant flowers, including the water-lily, Egyptian lotus, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The roots of Egyptian lotus must not freeze.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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