| 单词 | water lettuce |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater lettuce water lettuce n. a pantropical aquatic plant having floating rosettes of soft thick leaves resembling lettuces or cabbages, Pistia stratiotes (family Araceae), often behaving as an invasive weed of waterways and lakes; also called water cabbage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > duckweeds and allies endemetea1387 duckweedc1440 frog's foot1526 greens1526 duck's meat1538 water lentil1548 grain1578 fen lentil1601 Pistia1754 lemna1789 lentil-dew1800 water lettuce1847 Jenny Greenteeth1852 creed1880 1847 F. Martin Jrnl. in Rep. Comm. Public Lands (1848) App. 131 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Rep. 242) I Our course was impeded by dense masses of water lettuce. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes iii. 35 Water Lettuce..is indigenous to the West Indies, where it was (if it no longer is) believed to be responsible for malaria. 2009 Hana Hou! (Hawaiian Airlines) Feb. 34/1 Our laughter drifts over the lilies, water lettuces and hyacinths. < as lemmas |
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