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water-shield

/ˈwɔːtərˌʃiːld/

water-shield noun: an aquatic herbaceous flowering plant widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America, East Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa (Brasenia schreberi).

Noun

water-shield (plural water-shields)

  1. An aquatic herbaceous flowering plant widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America, East Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa (Brasenia schreberi).
  2. An aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America (Cabomba caroliniana).

water-shield meaning in Vietnamese

water-shield in Vietnamese

Cabomba caroliniana
rong lá ngò

Forms of water-shield

pluralwater-shields
alternative formwatershield

Questions about water-shield

What does water-shield mean?
Water-shield means an aquatic herbaceous flowering plant widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America, East Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa (Brasenia schreberi).
What is water-shield in Vietnamese?
Water-shield in Vietnamese is rong lá ngò. See Water-shield meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is water-shield?
Water-shield is a noun.
How do you pronounce water-shield?
Water-shield is pronounced /ˈwɔːtərˌʃiːld/.
What is the plural of water-shield?
The plural of water-shield is water-shields.

Words near water-shield in the dictionary

  1. Water-rock
  2. water-salamander
  3. water-salamanders
  4. water-shed
  5. water-sheds
  6. water-shield
  7. water-shields
  8. water-skier
  9. water-skiers
  10. water-skiing
  11. water-slickened

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