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Noun: fanwort  'fan,wurt
  1. Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
    "Fanwort can become invasive in some aquatic ecosystems";
    - water-shield, Cabomba caroliniana

Derived forms: fanworts

Type of: water lily

Part of: Cabomba, genus Cabomba

Encyclopedia: Fanwort