ambulia
noun
am·bu·lia
amˈbyülēə
plural -s
: any of several aquatic plants of the genus Limnophila (family Scrophulariaceae) having finely dissected submerged and peltate floating leaves and being often grown as an aquarium plant
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin (Lamarck), borrowed from Konkani ambuli, name for Limnophora indica
First Known Use
1841, in the meaning defined above
- hold someone up to ridicule
- hold something close to one's chest
- hold something close to the vest
- hold sway
- hold that against
- hold the baby
- hold the bag
- hold the cards
- hold the floor
- hold the fort
- hold the lead
- hold the line
- hold the mayo
- hold the olympic record
- hold the purse strings
- hold the reins
- hold the world record
- hold the world/Olympic record
- hold to
- hold to account
- hold together
- hold true
- hold up
- hold up one's head
- hold up to public ridicule