"water-lettuce" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water-lettuces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water-lettuce (plural water-lettuces)
  1. Tropical duckweed, water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes). Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Water plants Derived forms: water-lettuce moth (taxonomic: Spodoptera pectinicornis) Translations (tropical duckweed): pistia (Finnish), vesisalaatti (Finnish), ຈອກ (chǭk) (Lao), alface-d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), flor-d'água [feminine] (Portuguese), จอก (jɔ̀ɔk) (Thai), bèo cái (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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