"water-shield" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɔːtərˌʃiːld/ Forms: water-shields [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water-shield (plural water-shields)
  1. An aquatic herbaceous flowering plant widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America, East Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa (Brasenia schreberi). Categories (lifeform): Nymphaeales order plants, Vegetables Translations (Brasenia schreberi): 蒓菜 (Chinese Mandarin), 莼菜 (chúncài) (Chinese Mandarin), Brasenia schreberi -kasvi (Finnish), ジュンサイ (Japanese), 순채 (sunchae) (alt: 蓴菜) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-water-shield-en-noun-ewOElfq- Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 48 52 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'Brasenia schreberi': 66 34
  2. An aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America (Cabomba caroliniana). Categories (lifeform): Nymphaeales order plants, Vegetables Translations (Cabomba caroliniana): 白花穗蓴 (Chinese Mandarin), 白花穗莼 (báihuā suìchún) (Chinese Mandarin), karkeaviuhkalehti (Finnish), Karolina-Haarnixe [feminine] (German), rong lá ngò (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-water-shield-en-noun-6rfPo9Cs Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 48 52 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'Cabomba caroliniana': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watershield

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