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INDIAN LOTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian lotus mean?
• INDIAN LOTUS (noun)
The noun INDIAN LOTUS has 1 sense:
1. native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
Familiarity information: INDIAN LOTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Indian lotus; lotus; Nelumbo nucifera; sacred lotus
Hypernyms ("Indian lotus" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
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