On one arm of the Virgin is the Child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus.

Their tresses have not been deposited under the shadow of the sacred lotus, as Pliny tells us those of the Vestals were.

In bright red, gold, and white, he accepted them as substitutes for the sacred lotus, and prison flowers never flaunted more freely.

Our results showed that sacred lotus exhibited a low level of genetic diversity, which may attribute to asexual reproduction and long-term artificial selection.

First came black-clad samurai bearing white lanterns on long poles, followed by more men carrying clusters of sacred lotus made of gold paper.

We knew that the flowers represented here, were a species of the extinct sacred Lotus.

The Sacred Lotus is our flower, and at the feast the heavens are made to shine on us!

The 'Eight Cemeteries' disc was even easier, while the one after that, 'The Sacred Lotus Fence' disc, I managed by myself.

"These, sir," he touched the shrivelled objects with a long, delicate forefinger "are seeds of the sacred lotus of Ancient Egypt.