"water meadow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water meadows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water meadow (plural water meadows)
  1. (technical) An area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation or flooding in order to increase agricultural productivity. Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-water_meadow-en-noun-ghryIi5K Disambiguation of Water: 59 41 Disambiguation of Landforms: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
  2. A low-lying area of grassland that by a river, which is subject to seasonal flooding. Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: flood meadow Translations (low-lying area of grassland subject to seasonal flooding): Aue [feminine] (German), inse [feminine] (Irish), marcita [feminine] (Italian), pré [masculine] (Norman), hamm (Old English), halh (Old English), ing (Old English), النگ (olang) (Persian), اولنگ (ulang) (Persian), nava [feminine] (Spanish), llifddol [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-water_meadow-en-noun-J2mq4iWA Disambiguation of Landforms: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'low-lying area of grassland subject to seasonal flooding': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (grassland which is artificially flooded): Wässerwiese [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'grassland which is artificially flooded': 50 50

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