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nouna plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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naiad duckweed aquatic plant hydrophytic plant water plant tracheophyte vascular plant awlwort bog myrtle bog plant bogbean buckbean caltrop cryptocoryne eelgrass eichhornia crassipes eichhornia spesiosa eriocaulon aquaticum feather-foil featherfoil frog's-bit frogbit golden club golden saxifrage golden spleen grass wrack heteranthera dubia hornwort hydrilla hydrilla verticillata hydrocharis morsus-ranae limnodium spongia marsh plant marsh trefoil menyanthes trifoliata mud plantain orontium aquaticum pickerel weed pickerelweed pipewort pistia pistia stratiotes pistia stratoites pondweed pontederia cordata ranunculus aquatilis sea wrack subularia aquatica swamp plant tape grass vallisneria spiralis zostera marina arrow arum american frogbit veronica anagallis-aquatica veronica michauxii wampee water buttercup water cabbage water chestnut water chestnut plant water crowfoot water hyacinth water lettuce water lily water milfoil water nymph water orchid water pimpernel water shamrock water speedwell water star grass water starwort water trumpet waterweed wild celery hydrophytic