"water can" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water cans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water can (plural water cans)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, can. Related terms: watering can
    Sense id: en-water_can-en-noun-rTtlKozu
  2. Any of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; so called from the shape of the seed vessel. Categories (lifeform): Nymphaeales order plants
    Sense id: en-water_can-en-noun-Jcak1jP- Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 84

Inflected forms

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