Waterleaf Definition
wôtər-lēf, wŏtər-
waterleaf
noun
Any of a genus (Hydrophyllum) of perennial plants of the waterleaf family, with white or bluish, bell-shaped flowers.
Webster's New World
(architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture.
Wiktionary
(paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.
Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Hydrophyllaceae, order Solanales) of chiefly North American dicotyledonous plants with a cymose inflorescence and capsular fruit, including the nemophilas.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
waterleaf
Plural:
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