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WATER-SHIELD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
Synonyms:
Cabomba caroliniana; fanwort; water-shield
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water-shield" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("water-shield" is a member of...):
Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
Synonyms:
Brasenia schreberi; water-shield; water-target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("water-shield" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("water-shield" is a member of...):
Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)
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