lotus

• The snow lotus is a rare Himalayan plant that is prized for its role in traditional Chinese medicine. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
• However, the sweets in shape of hand and lotus are the most sold. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
• At length the happy hour had arrived which for ten long years the hero had so anxiously awaited, and he little dreamt that ten more must elapse before he would be permitted by the Fates to clasp to his heart his beloved wife and child During his homeward voyage his little fleet was driven by stress of weather to a land whose inhabitants subsisted entirely on a curious plant called the lotus, which was sweet as honey to the taste, but had the effect of causing utter oblivion of home and country, and of creating an irresistible longing to remain for ever in the land of the lotus-eaters. —  Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
• Juvenal mentions that leeks and onions were objects of worship, and others say that the lotus was also sacred in various parts of the East. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• Possessing the radiance and complexion of the lotus, and endued with eyes that resemble lotus-petals, the men born there have the fragrance of the lotus. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7

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