southern spatterdock

1. 1.

   of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams

   SynonymsNuphar sagittifolium

   Broaderwater lily

Questions about southern spatterdock

What does southern spatterdock mean?

southern spatterdock means "of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams".

What is another word for southern spatterdock?

Close synonyms include Nuphar sagittifolium. 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 southern spatterdock a common word?

southern spatterdock 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.