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watermeal

watermeal noun: any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia.

Noun

watermeal (countable and uncountable, plural watermeals)

  1. Any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia.

Forms of watermeal

pluralwatermeals

Origin of watermeal

From water + meal, from the resemblance to specks of cornmeal floating on the water.

Questions about watermeal

What does watermeal mean?
Watermeal means any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia.
What part of speech is watermeal?
Watermeal is a noun.
What is the plural of watermeal?
The plural of watermeal is watermeals.

Words near watermeal in the dictionary

  1. watermasters
  2. watermaze
  3. watermazes
  4. watermeadow
  5. watermeadows
  6. watermeal
  7. watermeals
  8. watermedia
  9. watermelon
  10. watermelon beetle
  11. watermelon beetles

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