waterleaf

English

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) Any plant of the genus .
  • (botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
  • A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
  • (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
  • (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

Etymology

Compound from English water + English leaf.

Origin

English

leaf

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