"watermeal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: watermeals [plural]
Etymology: From water + meal, from the resemblance to specks of cornmeal floating on the water. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|meal}} water + meal Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} watermeal (countable and uncountable, plural watermeals)
  1. Any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-watermeal-en-noun-VevTbDJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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