The word "lotus" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to a genus of aquatic plants, a type of flower, or an Eastern spiritual symbol of purity and enlightenment. Example sentence: The lotus flower blooming at dusk was a captivating sight.
They can support the weight of a small child Tropical plants from forest habitats, such as bromeliads which mostly grow in tree canopies, will thrive in conservatories but are naturally adapted to the lower light levels of our homes The lotus flower Nelumbo, which can be grown in a small pond or just a large container of water, can survive at temperatures down to 5C.
Hang around long enough at Luton and you will meet a businessman or woman, usually middle-aged owners of companies in the south-east, who spend half their week as lotus eaters in Provence, nipping back for the other half to oversee their business being handled day-to-day by their staff.
Once applied, the surface of the paint takes the form of densely packed ridges or bumps, just like the microscopic bumps found on lotus leaves.
In ancient Egypt columns were modelled on palm trees and lotus plants, and building designers have borrowed the shapes and proportions of natural forms ever since as they strived to achieve aesthetic perfection.Some architects now believe that such biomimicry has more to offer than simply making buildings look good.
The ancients imagined it as the southern petal of a lotus island that sits in the centre of the Brahmanda, which translates rather inelegantly to "universe-egg".
Sprigs of mint, red coils of lotus root and bundles of knotted cabbage change hands for a few rupees, tossed from one boatman's lap to another.
Alas, the land of the lotus-eaters remains a myth.
In Colombo, the capital, various swanky structures are rising and the ground has been cleared for a lotus-shaped tower intended to be South Asia's tallest.How, then, to explain a persistent grouchiness among Sri Lankans?
Instead, a young boy gives me an umbrella and two monks lead me across the sandy courtyard past a stone pagoda towards the Hall of the White Lotus.
But they know that sects and other religious groups often played a part in the upheavals that racked imperial China from the revolts against the Han dynasty two millennia ago to the White Lotus rebellion a mere two centuries back and the Taiping and Boxer rebellions more recently.
He himself wrote much of Lotus Notes, an early collaborative program, and came to Microsoft when it bought his latest start-up, Groove Networks, in 2005.Yet some think Microsoft needs more fresh blood in its upper echelons.
