Word Meanings - PRIMULACEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.

• Water gavel
  A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
• Water starwort
  See under Starwort.
• WATERHARE
  A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
• Otherguise
  Alt. of Otherguess
• Waterie
  The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.
• Water tube
  One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.
• WATERLETTUCE
  A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
• Watered
  of Water
• Water level
  The level formed by the surface of still water.
• Water witch
  The dabchick.
• WATERMONITOR
  A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
• Water bed
  A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
• Water mill
  A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
• WATERANTELOPE
  See Water buck.
• WATERPILLAR
  A waterspout. [Obs.]
• Water bug
  The Croton bug.
• Water parsnip
  Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.
• WATERBOATMAN
  A boat bug.
• WATERRADISH
  A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.
• Water clock
  An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

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