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单词 water cabbage
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water cabbage
water cabbage n. (a) any of several water lilies, esp. the yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea (now rare); (b) water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes.
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1881 G. D. Leslie Our River vii. 153 Water-lilies... the common yellow sort... I have heard them called by young people water cabbages.
1917 U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 465 36 True waterlilies of the United States... Among their vernacular names are pondlily, water cabbage, and alligator blankets.
1922 A. Chapman Savage Sudan xix. 257 Down the main stream came drifting along the perky little water-cabbages.
2011 Weekend Post (Cairns, Queensland) (Nexis) 8 Oct. (Weekender section) 14 The pond is home to swordtails, guppies and water cabbages.
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