lotus

n 1: native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink

or white flowers [syn: {Indian lotus}, {sacred lotus}, {Nelumbo

nucifera}]

2: annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs [syn: {Lotus}, {genus

Lotus}]

3: white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern

Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: {white lotus},

{Egyptian water lily}, {white lily}, {Nymphaea lotus}]

Locus

A distributed system project supporting transparent access to

data through a network-wide file system.