lotus flower

collocation in English

meaningsoflotusandflower

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lotus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈləʊ.təs/us
/ˈloʊ.t̬əs/
a tropical plant with large, flat leaves that float on the surface of lakes and pools and large round flowers with layers of petals and a cone-shaped part in ...
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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant that ...
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(Definition oflotusandflowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Usually alotusfloweris not selffertile.
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Two of them sat down to their meal, and the third went and plucked alotusflowerand put it in a cigarette tin for them to look at.
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The ceiling is engraved with a blossominglotusflower, 8 musical apsarases, 2 attending apsarases and tassel and drapery patterns.
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There may be an image in the figure's crown, or the figure could be holding a book, thunderbolt, vase, jewel, orlotusfloweror stem.
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She is shown holding alotusflowerto her nose with her left hand.
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He holds gada in right upper hand,lotusflowerin right lower hand, chakra in left upper hand and conch in left lower hand respectively.
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She developed these abilities through constant meditation, and supplemented her powers with the sacredlotusflower.
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The metal sunshade is lifted by 18 concretelotusflower-shaped columns to a height of 32 meters.
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The mosaics in the two transepts depict various wetland birds and plants, with a prominent place given to thelotusflower.
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The most ornate type of lantern is thelotusflowertype.
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In the foreground is alotusflower, with a palm tree and trophy of arms in the background.
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In "pindstha-dhyna" one imagines oneself sitting all alone in the middle of a vast ocean of milk on alotusflower, meditating on the soul.
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This brand had a symbol in the shape of alotusflower.
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A very large design of alotusfloweris carved in the roof, flanked by eight musical apsaras (water spirits or nymphs).
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His left hand is draped at his left side holding a wiltedlotusflower, a symbol of a king's death.
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A central projecting section on the northern side of the building contained a recessed entrance supported by columns withlotusflowercapitals.
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These lanterns are made by setting alotusflower-shaped lantern on a paper boat.
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Meanwhile, the club of old pasture planted the seeds of thelotusflower, which is growing dangerously fast.
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