Lotus

The term lotus may refer to: \n*An aquatic plant of the genera Nyphaea or Nelumbo (see Nymphaeaceae)\n*Lotus Cars, a British car manufacturer.\n*Lotus Software, a Cambridge, MA, software company now owned by IBM. Developer of Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Notes.\n*The Lotus genus in the subfamily Faboideae in the family Fabaceae\n*The Lotus Position (meditation)

The lotus tree

\nThe word "lotus" is also applied to a tree unrelated and not resembling the aquatic plant. The Lotus-eaters of the Odyssey are thought to have eaten a species of jujube or Zizyphus; this would be the lotus tree that the mythological Lotis had been transformed into. The genus Lotus belongs to the Fabaceae.