Lotus or LOTUS may refer to:
Plants
-
List of plants known as lotus, a list of various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
-
Nelumbonaceae, a single-genus family of aquatic flowering plants, consisting of just two species; the Nelumbo lutea and the better known Nelumbo nucifera, or the Indian lotus, a symbolically important Asian plant
-
Lotus (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
-
Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology
Places
-
Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States
-
Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States
-
Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States
-
Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States
Brands
Cars and car racing
-
Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer
-
Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season
-
Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994
-
Pacific Racing, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Pacific and competed in Formula One in 1995
-
Lotus GP, a French GP2 and GP3 racing team sponsored by Lotus Cars
-
Team Lotus (2010–11), a Malaysian Formula One racing team that began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and became the Caterham F1 Team at the end of the 2011 season
Other brands
-
Lotus (guitar), an instrument manufacturer
-
Lotus, a brand of watches, part of the Festina
-
Lotus Foods, an organic rice company
-
Lotus Bakeries, a Belgian bakery founded in 1932
-
Lotus Software, a personal computer software company, best known for:
-
Lotus Notes, collaborative software, personal information manager and e-mail client now known as IBM Notes
-
Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application
-
Lotus's, formerly Lotus Supercenter and Tesco Lotus, a hypermarket chain in Thailand and Malaysia operated by Charoen Pokphand Group
Religion
-
Sacred lotus in religious art
-
Lotus throne base for figures in Asian religious art
-
Lotus, one of the Ashtamangala (Eight Auspicious Symbols)
-
Lotus Sutra, an influential Mahayana sutra
Media and entertainment
Music
Artists
-
Lotus (Australian band), a 1970s rock, pop band
-
Lotus (American band), an instrumental rock band
-
Lotus (Hong Kong band), a 1960s pop band
Albums
-
Lotus (Christina Aguilera album) (2012), by Christina Aguilera
-
Lotus (Elisa album) (2003), by Elisa
-
Lotus (Little Simz album) (2025), by Little Simz
-
Lotus (Santana album) (1974), by Santana
-
Lotus (2009), by Haywyre
-
Lotus (Soen album) (2019), by Soen
Songs
-
"Lotus" (Arashi song), by Arashi
-
"Lotus" (Dir En Grey song), a song by Dir En Grey
-
"Lotus" (R.E.M. song), by R.E.M.
-
"Lotus", a song from Cage The Elephant's debut album
-
”Lotus”, a song by Lil Uzi Vert on the album Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2
-
"Lotus", a song by Minus the Bear on Planet of Ice
-
"Lotus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album Sim City
Other media
-
Lotus (board game), a strategy game
-
Lotus (magazine), a trilingual political and cultural magazine
-
Lotus (video game series), a videogame series based on Lotus cars
-
Lotus, the codename of a character in the 2009 video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
-
Lotus TV Macau, a television channel in Macau
Vessels
-
Lotus (1826 ship), English ship
-
Lotus (motor vessel), a houseboat yacht
-
S.S. Lotus, a French steamship involved in the Lotus case criminal trial
-
S.S.S. Lotus, an American sailing vessel
People
-
Lotus (given name)
-
Lotus Blossom (born 2007) Japanese-American actress and daughter of Ernie Reyes Jr.
-
Lotus de Païni (1862–1953) Italian-born painter, writer, sculptor, and occultist
-
Lotus Long (1909–1990), Asian-American actress
Other uses
-
Law of the unconscious statistician, a statistics theorem used to calculate the expected value of a function
-
Lateral olfactory tract usher substance, a protein in nerve cells promoting axon growth
-
Leticia "Lotus" Madrigal, a character from the Philippine drama series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap
-
Operation Lotus (disambiguation), multiple meanings
See also
-
Lotus position, a posture used in yoga, meditation & Zen Buddhism
-
Lotus Temple, Baha'i House of Worship in Delhi, India
-
Lotos (disambiguation)