Rose vs Lotus - What's the difference?
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A shrub of the genus Rosa , with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
A flower of the rose plant.
A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
Something resembling a rose flower.
(heraldiccharge) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
The base of a light socket.
(mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
(mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
(poetic) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
* Shakespeare
(poetic) To perfume, as with roses.
Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.
(rise)
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
A water lily, genus Nymphaea , especially those of Egypt or India.
A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
A number of other plants bearing "lotus" in their scientific or common names (see below).
# Diospyros lotus , date plum or (Caucasian persimmon).
# Lotus , a genus that includes (vern, bird's-foot trefoil)s and (deer vetch)es, a terrestrial genus with small flowers
# , a shrub species with edible fruit
An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
As nouns the difference between rose and lotus
is that rose is a shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers while lotus is a kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.As a verb rose
is to make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.As an adjective rose
is having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.As a proper noun Rose
is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.rose
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) ). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardh-'', compare Sanskrit ''vardh- , with relatives in Avestan).Noun
(s)Verb
(ros)- A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
- (Tennyson)