HyperDic: waterwheel_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression waterwheel plant:
NOUNplantwaterwheel plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosafloating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water ... / water fleas
English > waterwheel plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfloating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water ... / water fleas.
SynonymAldrovanda vesiculosa
Member ofAldrovanda, genus AldrovandaOne species
Broadercarnivorous plantplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals

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