Noun: hydrophytic plant
- 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
"Water lilies are beautiful hydrophytic plants often seen in ponds";
- aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte
Derived forms: hydrophytic plants
Type of: tracheophyte, vascular plant
Encyclopedia: Hydrophytic plant