Water-shield

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  water-shield
       n 1: aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers;
            in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
            [syn: {Brasenia schreberi}, {water-target}]
       2: common aquatic plant of eastern North America having
          floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted


          flowers [syn: {fanwort}, {Cabomba caroliniana}]