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  2. Nelumbo lutea - Wikipedia

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    American lotus is an emergent aquatic plant. It grows in lakes and swamps, as well as areas subject to flooding. The roots are anchored in the mud, but the leaves and flowers emerge above the water's surface. The petioles of the leaves may extend as much as 2 m (6.6 ft) and end in a round leaf blade 33–43 cm (13–17 in) in diameter. Mature ...

  3. Lake Jackson (Leon County, Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Lake Jackson is a shallow, prairie lake on the north side of Leon County, Florida, United States, near Tallahassee, with two major depressions or sinkholes known as Porter Sink and Lime Sink. The lake is located in the Red Hills Region , and has fluctuated from periods of being dry to a maximum elevation of 96 feet (29 m) above sea level.

  4. Lotus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos (), [2] is a genus of flowering plants that includes most bird's-foot trefoils (also known as bacon-and-eggs) [3] and deervetches. [4] Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 species are accepted, all legumes; American species formerly placed in the genus have been transferred to other genera.

  5. Sigma, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Sigma is a community near Sandbridge in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.Sigma lies just south of Lago Mar on Ashville Bridge Creek along Sandbridge Road at its intersection with New Bridge Road.

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  7. Macoupin County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Macoupin is an adaptation of the Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea. None of the native Indians remain, although some descendants of the earliest European settlers claim partial ancestry. The first European contact was by French explorers in the seventeenth century, travelling southward down the major rivers.

  8. Lotus - Wikipedia

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    Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: Lotus, a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae; Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus; Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology

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