The story
From water + meal, from the resemblance to specks of cornmeal floating on the water.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
watermeal
Today it means: Any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia. Full definition →
Today it means: Any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia. Full definition →
From water + meal, from the resemblance to specks of cornmeal floating on the water.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.