1. 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; [syn: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hydrophytic plant
n 1: 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 [syn: aquatic plant, water plant,
hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant]