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noun
Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: paper technology
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noun
any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: Virginia waterleaf, Shawnee salad, shawny, Indian salad, John's cabbage, Hydrophyllum virginianum
History
From water + leaf.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
