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WATER VIOLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water violet mean? 

WATER VIOLET (noun)
  The noun WATER VIOLET has 1 sense:

1. featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowersplay

  Familiarity information: WATER VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER VIOLET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hottonia palustris; water violet

Hypernyms ("water violet" is a kind of...):

feather-foil; featherfoil (a plant of the genus Hottonia)


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