Meanings
noun
- A floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratioides, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
Synonyms: shellflower
- Samolus valerandi, a species of water pimpernel.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratioides, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
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nounpantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
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water cabbage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cabbage
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“water cabbage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cabbage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water cabbage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cabbage.
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