brasenia schreberi

1. 1.

   aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums

   Synonymswater-shieldwater-target

   Broaderwater lily

   Part ofBrasenia

Questions about brasenia schreberi

What does brasenia schreberi mean?

brasenia schreberi means "aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums".

What is another word for brasenia schreberi?

Close synonyms include water-shield, water-target. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brasenia schreberi a common word?

brasenia schreberi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.