Definition

Noun: A plant that lives in or on water. This includes plants rooted in underwater soil (like a lily pad) and plants that float freely on the water's surface (like duckweed). They are adapted to survive in aquatic environments.

Examples

• The pond was covered with beautiful aquatic plants like water lilies.
• Aquatic plants, such as elodea, are important for providing oxygen in fish tanks.
• The scientist studied how different aquatic plants filter pollutants from the water.

Advanced Usage

• "Obligate aquatic plant": A plant that must live in water to complete its life cycle and cannot survive on land.
  • Sea grasses are obligate aquatic plants.
• "Submerged aquatic plant": A plant that grows entirely underwater, though it may flower above the surface.
  • The lake's clear water allowed us to see the submerged aquatic plants on the bottom.

Variants and Related Words

• Hydrophyte (n): A technical/scientific term for an aquatic plant.
  • The marsh is home to many rare hydrophytes.
• Macrophyte (n): A term often used in ecology for any aquatic plant large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
  • The health of the river is monitored by studying its macrophyte population.

Synonyms

• Water plant: A direct and common synonym.
• Hydrophyte: A formal, botanical synonym.

Related Phrases

• Aquatic vegetation: Refers to aquatic plants collectively as a group or community.
  • The dense aquatic vegetation provided shelter for small fish.

Noun

1. a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth