Waterleaf

Meaning

Noun

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In Botany:

Any

plant

of the

genus

Hydrophyllum.

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In Botany:

Any

plant

of Hydrophyllaceae, the

waterleaf

family.

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In Borage family plants, Caryophyllales order plants & Water plants:

tropical

plant

(Talinum fruticosum), the

leaves

of which are

eaten

as a vegetable.

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In Architecture:

used on the

12th-century Romanesque architecture

●

slake-sized or

Sourced from

Origin

waterleaf

English

leaf

English

leef

Middle English (1100-1500)

leaf

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

lēaf

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

water

English

water

Middle English (1100-1500)

wæter

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

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Etym

Synonyms

Sweetheart

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