WATER-SHIELD
Dictionary entry overview: What does water-shield mean?
• WATER-SHIELD (noun)
The noun WATER-SHIELD has 2 senses:
1. aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
2. common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
Familiarity information: WATER-SHIELD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WATER-SHIELD (noun)
Meaning:
Aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brasenia schreberi; water-shield; water-target
Hypernyms ("water-shield" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("water-shield" is a member of...):
Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Meaning:
Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cabomba caroliniana; fanwort; water-shield
Hypernyms ("water-shield" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("water-shield" is a member of...):
Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)
