hottonia palustris

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   featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers

   Synonymswater violet

   Broaderfeatherfoil

Questions about hottonia palustris

What does hottonia palustris mean?

hottonia palustris means "featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers".

What is another word for hottonia palustris?

Close synonyms include water violet. 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 hottonia palustris a common word?

hottonia palustris 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.