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that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

noun.plant

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hornwort go
any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum
water lily go
an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
water crowfoot, water buttercup, Ranunculus aquatilis go
plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers
cryptocoryne, water trumpet go
any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne
golden club, Orontium aquaticum go
aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
arrow arum go
an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra
pistia, water lettuce, water cabbage, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites go
pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves
duckweed go
any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
awlwort, Subularia aquatica go
small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers
featherfoil, feather-foil go
a plant of the genus Hottonia
water pimpernel go
a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
water milfoil go
an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers
water chestnut, caltrop, water chestnut plant go
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata go
perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves
pipewort, Eriocaulon aquaticum go
aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
pickerelweed, pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata go
American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
water hyacinth, water orchid, Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa go
a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers
water star grass, mud plantain, Heteranthera dubia go
grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
water nymph, naiad go
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers
frogbit, frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae go
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata go
submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers
American frogbit, Limnodium spongia go
American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves
waterweed go
a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
tape grass, eelgrass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis go
submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves
pondweed go
any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
sea wrack, eelgrass, grass wrack, Zostera marina go
submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
water starwort go
any of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves
golden saxifrage, golden spleen go
any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium
water speedwell, Veronica michauxii, Veronica anagallis-aquatica go
plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant go
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land