waterleaf
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[edit]Etymology
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waterleaf (plural waterleafs or waterleaves)
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
- (botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
- A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
- 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 19:
- ‘I like how the onions and waterleaf are slightly raw. They spice the egusi nicely, very nicely.’
- (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
- (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
Synonyms
[edit]- (tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable): cariru, Ceylon spinach, Florida spinach, Lagos bologi, potherb fameflower, Philippine spinach, Surinam purslane, sweetheart
Derived terms
[edit]- ballhead waterleaf, ball-headed waterleaf
- blunt-leaf waterleaf, bluntleaf waterleaf
- Brown's waterleaf
- dwarf waterleaf
- Fendler's waterleaf
- great waterleaf
- largeleaf waterleaf
- Pacific waterleaf
- Virginia waterleaf
- waterleaf capital
- western waterleaf