Lotus

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Lotus

 may refer to:

Plants

  • Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus
    • 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

For entertainment brands, see § Media and entertainment.
  • 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
  • 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 Supercenter, an Asian supermarket chain owned by the Charoen Pokphand Group
  • Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand, formerly owned by Lotus Supercenter

Religion

  • Sacred lotus in religious art
  • Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols)
  • Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra

Media and entertainment

Music

  • Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
  • Lotus (American band), a 2000s 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 Elephant’s 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 (LOTUS), a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function