WATER LETTUCE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'wotur 'letis
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes

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	Synonyms:	pistia, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites, water cabbage

	See Also:	aquatic plant, genus Pistia, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Wa"ter let"tuce\ (Bot.) A plant ({Pistia stratiotes}) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

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