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featherfoil

featherfoil noun: an aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.

featherfoil: an aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves
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Noun

featherfoil (plural featherfoils)

  1. An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
    Synonyms:
    water violet

featherfoil meaning in Tamil

featherfoil in Tamil

சிவப்புப்பூலா, படலெலைவஞ்சி, கலினை, நாட்டுக் கீழாநெல்லி, கருவிளநெல்லி, நாட்டுக்கீழாநெல்லி

Synonyms of featherfoil

Forms of featherfoil

pluralfeatherfoils

Origin of featherfoil

From feather + foil (“a leaf”).

Questions about featherfoil

What does featherfoil mean?
Featherfoil means an aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
What is featherfoil in Tamil?
Featherfoil in Tamil is சிவப்புப்பூலா, படலெலைவஞ்சி, கலினை. See Featherfoil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is featherfoil?
Featherfoil is a noun.
What is the plural of featherfoil?
The plural of featherfoil is featherfoils.

Words near featherfoil in the dictionary

  1. featherer
  2. featherers
  3. featherfeet
  4. featherfew
  5. featherflower
  6. featherfoil
  7. featherfoils
  8. featherfoot
  9. featherfoots
  10. feathergrass
  11. feathergrasses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: featherfoil (page history and authors); featherfoil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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