Portuguese
lótus 
Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers.
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On one arm of the Virgin is the Child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus.
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Their tresses have not been deposited under the shadow of the sacred lotus, as Pliny tells us those of the Vestals were.
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In bright red, gold, and white, he accepted them as substitutes for the sacred lotus, and prison flowers never flaunted more freely.
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Our results showed that sacred lotus exhibited a low level of genetic diversity, which may attribute to asexual reproduction and long-term artificial selection.
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First came black-clad samurai bearing white lanterns on long poles, followed by more men carrying clusters of sacred lotus made of gold paper.
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We knew that the flowers represented here, were a species of the extinct sacred Lotus.
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The Sacred Lotus is our flower, and at the feast the heavens are made to shine on us!
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The 'Eight Cemeteries' disc was even easier, while the one after that, 'The Sacred Lotus Fence' disc, I managed by myself.
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"These, sir," he touched the shrivelled objects with a long, delicate forefinger "are seeds of the sacred lotus of Ancient Egypt.