water-shield

See also: watershield

English

Alternative forms

• watershield

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːtərˌʃiːld/

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Noun

water-shield (plural water-shields)

1. An aquatic herbaceous flowering plant widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America, East Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa (Brasenia schreberi).
2. An aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America (Cabomba caroliniana).

Translations

Brasenia schreberi

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒓菜 / 莼菜 (chúncài)

• Finnish: Brasenia schreberi -kasvi
• Japanese: ジュンサイ
• Korean: 순채(蓴菜) (sunchae)

Cabomba caroliniana

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白花穗蓴 / 白花穗莼 (báihuā suìchún)

• Finnish: karkeaviuhkalehti
• German: Karolina-Haarnixe f
• Vietnamese: rong lá ngò

Anagrams

• white alders