Definition of Water lettuce. Meaning of Water lettuce. Synonyms of Water lettuce

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Definition of Water lettuce

Water lettuce
Water lettuce Wa"ter let"tuce (Bot.) A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Meaning of Water lettuce from wikipedia

- single species it comprises, Pistia stratiotes, is often called water cabbage, water lettuce, Nile cabbage, or s****flower. Its native distribution is uncertain...
- Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable, but sometimes for its stem and seeds...
- to water sources used to irrigate crops. In North American English it is known as "romaine" lettuce, and in British English the names "cos" lettuce and...
- lotus, duckweeds, mosquito fern, floating heart, water ****oils, mare's tail, water lettuce and water hyacinth. Although seaweeds, which are large multicellular...
- freshwater (e.g., floating hyacinth, pickerel weed, alligator weed, water lettuce, hydrilla, water celery, musk gr****, mangrove leaves) and sal****er plants (e...
- algae and free-floating aquatic plant (e.g. mosquito fern, duckweed and water lettuce); and the zooneuston, which are floating heterotrophs such as protists...
- Mosquito ferns (Azolla spp.) Water-spangle (Salvinia spp.) Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) Water hyacinth (Eichhornia cr****ipes)...
- American rap band Lettuce sandwich Hedda Lettuce, American drag performer Lettuce Lake, a body of water in Lettuce Lake Park Lettuce as a slang for "hair"...
- their eggs on water plants like Azolla caroliniana (water velvet), Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce), and Salvinia rotundifolia (water fern). Larval feeding...
- inhabited by floating plants dominated by water hyacinth (Eichornia cr****ipes), water lily (Nymphaea lotus), water lettuce (Pistoia stratiotes) and lemna (Lemna...