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WATER GILLYFLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water gillyflower mean?
• WATER GILLYFLOWER (noun)
The noun WATER GILLYFLOWER has 1 sense:
1. a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
Familiarity information: WATER GILLYFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American featherfoil; Hottonia inflata; water gillyflower
Hypernyms ("water gillyflower" is a kind of...):
feather-foil; featherfoil (a plant of the genus Hottonia)
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