Cabomba
noun
Ca·bom·ba
kəˈbämbə
: a small genus of American aquatic plants (family Nymphaeaceae) comprising the water shield and having minute white or yellow flowers and submerged dissected leaves as well as peltate floating ones
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Spanish cabomba, a South American aquatic plant
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above