water willow

noun

Any of a group of aquatic plants of the Americas in the genus Justicia, with long willow-like leaves and spikes of small purplish flowers.

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Meanings

nounwater willow (plural water willows)

plural water willows · alternative waterwillow

  1. Any of a group of aquatic plants of the Americas in the genus Justicia, with long willow-like leaves and spikes of small purplish flowers.
    1. Specifically, Justicia americana.
  2. The flowering plant Decodon verticillatus.
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