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nouna conduit through which water flows
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nouna navigable body of watertype of:
Definition that contains waterway
- lock pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- ditch any small natural waterway
- portage overland track between navigable waterways
- water orchid a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
- grand canal an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south
- alligator weed prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
- hydrilla verticillata submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
- iran-iraq war a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution
- eichhornia crassipes a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
- grand canal the major waterway in Venice, Italy