WATER DRAGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water dragon mean? 

• WATER DRAGON (noun)
  The noun WATER DRAGON has 2 senses:

1. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

2. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

  Familiarity information: WATER DRAGON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER DRAGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lizard's-tail; Saururus cernuus; swamp lily; water dragon

Hypernyms ("water dragon" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("water dragon" is a member of...):

genus Saururus; Saururus (type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon

Hypernyms ("water dragon" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("water dragon" is a member of...):

Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)