Meaning

noun native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

noun annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

originUnadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0