virginia waterleaf

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   showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States

   SynonymsShawnee saladshawnyIndian saladJohn's cabbageHydrophyllum virginianum

   Broaderwaterleaf

Questions about virginia waterleaf

What does virginia waterleaf mean?

virginia waterleaf means "showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States".

What is another word for virginia waterleaf?

Close synonyms include Shawnee salad, shawny, Indian salad, John's cabbage, Hydrophyllum virginianum. 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 virginia waterleaf a common word?

virginia waterleaf 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.