Waterleaf

Alternative forms

• water-leaf

Origin

water + leaf

Noun

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus .
2. (botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
3. A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
4. (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
5. (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

Synonyms

• (tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable): , , , , , , , sweetheart

Derived terms

• ,
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Anagrams

• water flea