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Noun: water dragon
  1. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
    - lizard's-tail, swamp lily, Saururus cernuus
     
  2. Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
    - marsh marigold, kingcup [Brit], meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, Caltha palustris

Derived forms: water dragons

Type of: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Part of: Caltha, genus Caltha, genus Saururus, Saururus

Encyclopedia: Water dragon