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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.
2. 2
   a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aquatic plantwater plantamphibianannualaquatic plantbiennial

Etymology

From hydro- (“water”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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