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Hydrophyte

An aquatic plant; an alga.

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Awlwort 76% connected

A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.

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Buckbean 76% connected

perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water marg…

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Caltrop 76% connected

Alt. of Caltrap

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Duckweed 76% connected

A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks…

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Eelgrass 76% connected

A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

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Feather-foil 76% connected

An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

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Frogbit 76% connected

A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flower…

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Hornwort 76% connected

An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.

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Naiad 76% connected

A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

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Pipewort 76% connected

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

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Pondweed 76% connected

Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.

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Sea wrack 76% connected

See Wrack.

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Wampee 76% connected

A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and h…

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Water chestnut 76% connected

The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, th…

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Water crowfoot 76% connected

An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.

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Water hyacinth 76% connected

Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

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Water lettuce 76% connected

A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.

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Water lily 76% connected

A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.

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Water milfoil 76% connected

Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

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Water nymph 76% connected

A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.

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Water pimpernel 76% connected

A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.

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Water speedwell 76% connected

A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.

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Water star grass 76% connected

An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.

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Waterweed 76% connected

See Anacharis.

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Pad 70% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Water plant 92% connected

A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

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