noun
pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
• Syn: ↑pistia, ↑water lettuce, ↑Pistia stratiotes, ↑Pistia stratoites
• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Pistia
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noun1. : a white water lily (Nymphaea odorata)
2. : water lettuce
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water cabbage,
= water lettuce. (Cf. ↑water lettuce)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.