NOUN | plant | featherfoil, feather-foil | a plant of the genus Hottonia |
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Meaning | A plant of the genus Hottonia. | |
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Synonym | feather-foil | |
Member of | Hottonia, genus Hottonia | aquatic herbs |
Narrower | water gillyflower, American featherfoil, Hottonia inflata | A featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers |
water violet, Hottonia palustris | featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers | |
Broader | aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant | A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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