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  2. The Real Meaning and Symbolism Behind the Lotus Flower

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    Blue Lotus Meaning: Snyder mentions that, because of its rarity, blue lotus coloring represents wisdom and knowledge. Lotus Flowers in World Cultures and Religions Dinodia Photo - Getty Images

  3. Nelumbo - Wikipedia

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    Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. – sacred or Indian lotus, also known as the Rose of India and the sacred water lily of Hinduism and Buddhism. [20] It is the national flower of India and Vietnam . Its roots and seeds are also used widely in cooking in East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

  4. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings. New symbols have also arisen: one of the most known in the United Kingdom is the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of the fallen in war.

  5. Nymphaea - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Egyptians used the water lilies of the Nile as cultural symbols. [67] Since 1580 it has become popular in the English language to apply the Latin word lotus, originally used to designate a tree, to the water lilies growing in Egypt, and much later the word was used to translate words in Indian texts. [68]

  6. Nelumbo nucifera - Wikipedia

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    The lotus is often confused with the true water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, in particular N. caerulea, the "blue lotus." In fact, several older systems, such as the Bentham & Hooker system (which is widely used in the Indian subcontinent), refer to the lotus by its old synonym, Nymphaea nelumbo. [citation needed]

  7. Nymphaeales - Wikipedia

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    The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, consisting of three families of aquatic plants, the Hydatellaceae, the Cabombaceae, and the Nymphaeaceae (water lilies). It is one of the three orders of basal angiosperms, an early-diverging grade of flowering plants. At least 10 morphological characters unite the Nymphaeales. [3]

  8. Lotis (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    What the 'lotus' (if not the tree) that Lotis turned into is has stirred much debate. Ovid describes it as having reddish-purple flowers and growing near water; the Indian lotus and the water lily have both been suggested but also rejected by a number of scholars on account of them growing in water and not near it.

  9. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The plant, whether tree or flower that Lotis turned into, poses several difficulties in its identification, and thus it is unclear what sort of plant with purple flowers that grows near water Ovid had in mind; the lotus flower and water lily have been both suggested and rejected in turn, as they grow in water, instead of near water as the ...