lotus
loh tuhs
- n native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- n annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
- n white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- Well fortified with edible portions of the lotus plant, symbol of indolence and forgetfulness, former Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his roving band of British Laborites last .