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water ribbons

water ribbons noun: an aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.

Noun

water ribbons pl (plural only)

  1. (Australia, plural, plural-only) An aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.
    • The whole marsh was densely clothed with reeds (Juncus spp.), water-ribbons, (Triglochin procera) and blown grass (Agrostis avenacea), the bed was sticky clay, and the burrows of freshwater crayfish gave each step interesting possibilities.1956, The Emu, volume 57, page 343
    • We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 241

Questions about water ribbons

What does water ribbons mean?
Water ribbons means an aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.
What part of speech is water ribbons?
Water ribbons is a noun.

Words near water ribbons in the dictionary

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  2. water rat
  3. water rats
  4. water repellent
  5. water repellents
  6. water ribbons
  7. water right
  8. water rights
  9. water ring
  10. water rite
  11. water rites

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