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SPATTERDOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spatterdock mean? 

SPATTERDOCK (noun)
  The noun SPATTERDOCK has 1 sense:

1. common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish waterplay

  Familiarity information: SPATTERDOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPATTERDOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cow lily; Nuphar advena; spatterdock; yellow pond lily

Hypernyms ("spatterdock" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("spatterdock" is a member of...):

genus Nuphar; Nuphar (spatterdocks)


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