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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:

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...):

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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