water gillyflower

Definitions of water gillyflower
  1. noun
    a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
    synonyms: American featherfoil, Hottonia inflata
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    type of:
    feather-foil, featherfoil
    a plant of the genus Hottonia
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