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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several aquatic plants of the genus Cabomba, having finely divided, fanlike submersed leaves and entire, oval floating leaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a common aquatic plant (
Cabomba caroliniana ) of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
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