blue lotus

American  

noun

1. Egyptian lotus1

2. a water lily, Nymphaea stellata, of India, having pale-blue flowers.

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Example Sentences

“I can find absolutely everything, including dried blue lotus slices for a cocktail garnish.”

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Octans neatly despatched a ghost leopard that infested their paradise and all was serene until she asked him to pick a certain blue lotus.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the center of Baby Kochamma’s garden, surrounded by beds of cannae and phlox, a marble cherub peed an endless silver arc into a shallow pool in which a single blue lotus bloomed.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Which meant that, three times a week, the sky of the Night Bazaar opened up to allow Urvashi to descend in a celestial blue lotus as big as the museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

His complexion was dark like that of the petals of the blue lotus.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan