noun
common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
• Syn: ↑water-shield, ↑Cabomba caroliniana
• Hypernyms: ↑water lily
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cabomba, ↑genus Cabomba
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/fahn"werrt', -wawrt'/, n.
any aquatic plant belonging to the genus Cabomba, of the water lily family, having very small flowers and submerged and floating leaves. See illus. under dimorphism.
[FAN1 + WORT2]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.