a tropical plant with white or pink flowers that grows on the surface of lakes in Africa and Asia 蓮屬植物 
a lotus flower 蓮花
a picture in the shape of the lotus plant, used in art and architecture, especially in ancient Egypt 蓮花圖案，荷花飾（尤用於古埃及藝術和建築） (in ancient Greek stories 古希臘神話 a fruit that is supposed to make you feel happy and relaxed when you have eaten it, as if in a dream 落拓棗，忘憂果（食後感到夢幻般的快樂輕鬆）
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a type of clover or trefoil, described by Homer as food for horses): via Latin from Greek lōtos, of Semitic origin. The term was used by classical writers to denote various trees and plants; the legendary plant (sense (3)), mentioned by Homer, was thought by later Greek writers to be Ziziphus lotus, a relative of the jujube plant found in Eurasia.