| 单词 | water plant |
| 释义 | water plant (once / 37052 pages) n WORD FAMILY water plant: water plants USAGE EXAMPLESHe considers them all terrorists and blames them for damaging the city’s water plants and power lines, depriving both sides of utilities. Los Angeles Times(Oct 23, 2016) She protested at the capital in Lansing and took part in a “die-in” on the steps of the Flint water plant. Washington Post(Oct 21, 2016) Taxis and bakeries, water plants and market stalls, schools and charities all operated in rebel-held east Aleppo. The Guardian(Sep 30, 2016) n a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth Syn|Hypo|Hyper aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant hornwort any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams water lilyan aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae Ranunculus aquatilis, water buttercup, water crowfootplant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America cryptocoryne, water trumpetany plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia Orontium aquaticum, golden clubaquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers arrow aruman aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites, pistia, water cabbage, water lettucepantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes duckweedany small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds Subularia aquatica, awlwortsmall aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal feather-foil, featherfoila plant of the genus Hottonia water pimpernela white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus water milfoilan aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers caltrop, water chestnut, water chestnut planta plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits Menyanthes trifoliata, bog myrtle, bogbean, buckbean, marsh trefoil, water shamrockperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface Eriocaulon aquaticum, pipewortaquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers Pontederia cordata, pickerel weed, pickerelweed, wampeeAmerican plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa, water hyacinth, water orchida tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States Heteranthera dubia, mud plantain, water star grassgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms naiad, water nymphsubmerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, frog's-bit, frogbitEuropean floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers Hydrilla verticillata, hydrillasubmersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways American frogbit, Limnodium spongiaAmerican plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches waterweeda weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea Vallisneria spiralis, eelgrass, tape grass, wild celerysubmerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia pondweedany of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae Zostera marina, eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wracksubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts water starwortany of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves; America, Europe and Asia golden saxifrage, golden spleenany of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Veronica michauxii, water speedwellplant of wet places in Eurasia and America bog plant, marsh plant, swamp planta semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath Nymphaea odorata, fragrant water lily, pond lily, water nympha water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions European white lily, Nymphaea albaa water lily with white flowers Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, lotus, white lily, white lotuswhite Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians Nymphaea caerulea, blue lotusblue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians Nymphaea stellata, blue lotusblue lotus of India and southeastern Asia Nuphar advena, cow lily, spatterdock, yellow pond lilycommon water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water Nuphar sagittifolium, southern spatterdockof flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams Nuphar lutea, yellow water lilya water lily with yellow flowers Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, lotus, sacred lotusnative to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin, yanquapinwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds Cabomba caroliniana, fanwort, water-shieldcommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers Brasenia schreberi, water-shield, water-targetaquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums Ranunculus flammula, lesser spearwortsemiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwortsemiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears Caltha palustris, May blob, cowslip, kingcup, marsh marigold, meadow bright, water dragonswamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups rushgrasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems Acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flagperennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots Calla palustris, water arum, wild callaplant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries Lysichiton americanum, skunk cabbageclump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe Peltandra virginica, green arrow arum, tuckahoeperennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries Symplocarpus foetidus, foetid pothos, polecat weed, skunk cabbagedeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe Lemna minor, common duckweed, lesser duckweedof temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia Lemna trisulca, star-duckweedcosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America Spirodela polyrrhiza, great duckweed, water flaxseedcosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands watermealany of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world Wolffiella gladiata, bogmat, mud midgethaving narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America iva, marsh elderany of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America American featherfoil, Hottonia inflata, water gillyflowera featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers Hottonia palustris, water violetfeatherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers Samolus valerandii, brookweedwater pimpernel of Europe to China Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus, brookweedAmerican water pimpernel sedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers cattailtall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes sabbatiaany of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans, water caltropa variety of water chestnut Trapa bicornis, ling, ling kowater chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs yellow-eyed grassany of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States Alisma plantago-aquatica, water plantainmarsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves Canadian pondweed, Elodea canadensisNorth American waterweed; widely naturalized in Europe Egeria densa, Elodea densa, dense-leaved elodeaaquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria Potamogeton crispus, curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweedEuropean herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California Potamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweedof Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton nodosus, loddon pondweedpondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe frog's lettucevery similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe Triglochin maritima, arrow grasstufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock Zannichellia palustris, horned pondweedfound in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria Chrysosplenium americanum, water carpet, water mataquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States grass-of-Parnassus, parnassiaany of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup Chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtleheadshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple American brooklime, Veronica americana, brooklimeplant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga, brooklimeEuropean plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America Sium suave, water parsnipstout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia Sium latifolium, greater water parsniplarge stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe Sium sisarum, skirretan Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root Saururus cernuus, lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragonNorth American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers tracheophyte, vascular plant green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms |
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