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