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单词 water lettuce
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Definition of water lettuce in English:

water lettuce

noun
mass noun
  • A tropical aquatic plant of the arum family which forms a floating rosette of leaves.

    Pistia stratiotes, family Araceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The move is aimed at trying to slow spread of harmful aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla, hyacinth, water lettuce and salvinia, alien plants that can denigrate freshwater fisheries.
    • I like the gray-green leaves of water lettuce, another boatlike floater, and the tiny fronds of Azolla filiculoides, a fern that happens to float.
    • Three illegal species that top the list are the highly invasive water hyacinth, water lettuce and giant salvinia.
 
 

Definition of water lettuce in US English:

water lettuce

noun
  • A tropical aquatic plant of the arum family which forms a floating rosette of leaves.

    Pistia stratiotes, family Araceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three illegal species that top the list are the highly invasive water hyacinth, water lettuce and giant salvinia.
    • I like the gray-green leaves of water lettuce, another boatlike floater, and the tiny fronds of Azolla filiculoides, a fern that happens to float.
    • The move is aimed at trying to slow spread of harmful aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla, hyacinth, water lettuce and salvinia, alien plants that can denigrate freshwater fisheries.
 
 
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