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WATER MAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water mat mean? 

WATER MAT (noun)
  The noun WATER MAT has 1 sense:

1. aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: WATER MAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER MAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysosplenium americanum; water carpet; water mat

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

golden saxifrage; golden spleen (any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium)

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

Chrysosplenium; genus Chrysosplenium (genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers)


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