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WATER VIOLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water violet mean?
• WATER VIOLET (noun)
The noun WATER VIOLET has 1 sense:
1. featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers
Familiarity information: WATER VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hottonia palustris; water violet
Hypernyms ("water violet" is a kind of...):
feather-foil; featherfoil (a plant of the genus Hottonia)
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