Wa·ter let·tuce Bot. A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.
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water lettuce
n : pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped
leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes [syn: pistia,
water cabbage, Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites]