hydrophyte

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hydrophyte - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hydrophyte \Hy"dro*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? + ? plant: cf. F.
     hydrophyte.]
     An aquatic plant; an alga.
     [1913 Webster]

hydrophyte - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hydrophyte
      n 1: a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted
           in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as
           the water hyacinth [syn: aquatic plant, water plant,
           hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant]