"waterleaf" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: waterleafs [plural], waterleaves [plural]
Etymology: water + leaf Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|leaf}} water + leaf Head templates: {{en-noun|s|waterleaves}} waterleaf (plural waterleafs or waterleaves)
  1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Water plants
    Sense id: en-waterleaf-en-noun-LuYTUa4a Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 36 18 28 11 6 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 36 16 30 11 7 Disambiguation of Water plants: 34 16 30 12 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 15 20 16 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 12 25 20 10 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Water plants
    Sense id: en-waterleaf-en-noun-y5HtW7sU Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 36 16 30 11 7 Disambiguation of Water plants: 34 16 30 12 8 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable. Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Water plants Synonyms (tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable): cariru, Ceylon spinach, Florida spinach, Lagos bologi, potherb fameflower, Philippine spinach, Surinam purslane, sweetheart Translations (Talinum fruticosum): postelein [Suriname, masculine] (Dutch), sakusaku (Kari'na), posren (Sranan Tongo)
    Sense id: en-waterleaf-en-noun-JFULP6nk Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 36 16 30 11 7 Disambiguation of Water plants: 34 16 30 12 8 Disambiguation of 'tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable': 8 7 82 2 1 Disambiguation of 'Talinum fruticosum': 16 4 69 7 3
  4. (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture Categories (topical): Architecture Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Water plants
    Sense id: en-waterleaf-en-noun-5sJiBrb5 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 36 16 30 11 7 Disambiguation of Water plants: 34 16 30 12 8 Topics: architecture
  5. (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
    Sense id: en-waterleaf-en-noun-Cwl3QitN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: water-leaf
Derived forms: ballhead waterleaf, ball-headed waterleaf, blunt-leaf waterleaf, bluntleaf waterleaf, Brown's waterleaf, dwarf waterleaf, Fendler's waterleaf, great waterleaf, largeleaf waterleaf, Pacific waterleaf, Virginia waterleaf, waterleaf capital, western waterleaf

Inflected forms

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