Lotus

Lotus may refer to:

 Nelumbo, plant genus commonly known as 'Lotus'
 Lotus position, cross-legged sitting posture for meditation

in horticulture:
 Lotus (genus), it includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches
 Nelumbo nucifera, blue or Indian lotus
 Nelumbo lutea, American lotus
 Nymphaea, the water-lily genus superficially similar to Nelumbo
 Nymphaea alba, European white water-lily or white lotus
 Nymphaea caerulea, Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, also called the blue or sacred lotus
 Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water-lily or tiger lotus
 Lotus effect, self-cleaning property of Nelumbo species
 Saussurea laniceps, snow lotus
 Ziziphus lotus, thorny shrub that may have been the "lotus tree" of Greek mythology

in culture (Asian):
 Lotus feet, the practice of Foot binding in pre-modern China
 Lotus kick, foot sweep in Tai chi chuan
 Lotus seed, in Chinese medicine
 Lotus Sutra 
 Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols
 Nelumbo nucifera, the blue lotus, the sacred lotus or the Indian lotus
 Padma (attribute), the sacred lotus

in corporate and computing:
 Lotus Software, previously Lotus Development Corporation, software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 IBM Lotus Connections, social networking program
 IBM Lotus Quickr, enterprise-level team collaboration
 Lotus 1-2-3, spreadsheet program
 Lotus Cars, British sports and racing car manufacturer
 Lotus (computer games), a videogame series based on Lotus Cars
 Lotus Notes, enterprise-level electronic messaging
 Lotus Sametime, instant messaging program
 Team Lotus, Formula 1 constructor related to Lotus Cars
 Tesco Lotus, chain of Thai hypermarket stores

in geography:
 Lotus, Florida, area in Brevard County, USA
 Vancouver, nickname Lotus Land

in maritime
 S.S.S. Lotus, gaff-rigged schooner
 Lotus case, a precedent-setting case resulting from a collision between the S.S. Lotus and the S.S. Boz-Kourt

in other meanings:
 Lotus tree of Greek mythology, into which Lotis was transformed, and which was eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey