Water lettuce

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:21

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).

 

© Webster 1913.

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