| 单词 | floating heart |
| 释义 | floating heart in British Englishnoun any perennial aquatic freshwater plant of the genus Nymphoides, esp N. lacunosum, having floating heart-shaped leaves: family Menyanthaceae floating heart in American Englishnoun 1. any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, esp. N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers 2. a related plant, Nymphoides cordata, of North America, having a cluster of white flowers and round or somewhat oval leaves that are purple beneath Word origin [1855–60, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, boilerplate, pickup, specialist, superheat |
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