Noun: water cabbage
- Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
"water cabbage, also known as water lettuce, can become invasive in warm climates";
- pistia, water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites
Derived forms: water cabbages
Type of: aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
Part of: genus Pistia
Encyclopedia: Water cabbage