lotus wiki:
[erm lotus may refer to one of the following.Plants:The genus Lotus in the subfamily Faboideae in the family Fabaceae."Lotus" also occurs in the common names or cultivar names of numerous unrelated plants.The Snow Lotus from the Asteraceae family.The Indian or Sacred Lotus and the American Lotus of the genus Nelumbo (family Nelumbonaceae), a sacred plant of Hinduism and Buddhism.The Egyptian White Water-lily, also called Egyptian Lotus, of the genus Nymphaea (family Nymphaeaceae).The Lotus-eaters of the Odyssey are thought to have eaten a species of jujube, Ziziphus lotus; this could be the lotus tree that the mythological Lotis had been transformed into. The Lotus Position (meditation).What are called Lotus kicks (actually foot sweeps) in some styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.Lotus Cars, a British car manufacturer.Team Lotus, a Formula 1 constructor.A series of computer racing games based on the cars.Lotus Software, a Cambridge, MA, software company now owned by IBM. Developer of Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Notes.Black Lotus, a notable card in the trading-card game.The Indian male name "Rajiv" means "Lotus Flower".The lotus effect describes self-cleaning super-hydrophobic micro- to nano-structured surfaces.The Thai chain stores now known as Tesco Lotus.A jam band called Lotus that hails from Philly, PA.The notorious New York Lotus Nightclub Brand. Currently in New York and Sao Paolo .A character from Marvel Comics called Lotus, the enemy of Wonder Man
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Chinese new year wiki:
anguage">Chinese: æ¥ç¯, æ¥è, ChÅ«njÃe; è¾²ææ°å¹´, ååæ°å¹´, Nónglì XÄ«nnián; or éå¹´, è¿å¹´, Guònián), also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, i.e. the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Yearâin such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice. (The next time this occurs is in 2033.) The Chinese New Year period ends with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the month.
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