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Definition of Indian lotus
1. Noun. Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Lotus
Literary usage of Indian lotus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Indian lotus. The largest flowered and most interesting of the native water-lilies
is the Indian lotus—not very frequent in Minnesota, and confined to a few ..."
2. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"Vases with spouts, with dragon medallions, flowers of the four seasons, the Indian
lotus supporting Sanscrit characters, phoenixes flying through flowers of ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... or Indian lotus, the sole genus of the third ... of Eastern America and the
Indian lotus or Sacred ..."
4. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"These different kinds of Fig- 54- Uncoiled spiral ducts of Indian lotus.
vessels can often be found in the same bundle. In some plants the spiral ..."
5. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Indian lotus. The largest flowered and most interesting of the native ... The true
oriental lotus is also known in the east as Indian lotus because it grows ..."
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