Word Meanings - WATERLETTUCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

• Planticle
  A young plant, or plant in embryo.
• Watershoot
  A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
• WATERSAIL
  A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.
• WATERSTARWORT
  See under Starwort.
• Plantigrada
  A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
• Waterspout
  A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
• WATERSAPPHIRE
  A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.
• WATERSUPPLY
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• Plantigrade
  Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
• WATERSCORPION
  See Nepa.
• WEDGEFORMED
  Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform. Wedge-formed characters. See Arrow-headed characters, under Arrowheaded.
• Plantless
  Without plants; barren of vegetation.
• Smithcraft
  The art or occupation of a smith; smithing.

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