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Noun: water lettuce  'wo-tu(r) 'le-tis
  1. Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
    - pistia, water cabbage, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites

Derived forms: water lettuces

Type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

Part of: genus Pistia

Encyclopedia: Water lettuce