|
|
Definition of Spatterdock
1. Noun. Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Genus Nuphar, Nuphar
Definition of Spatterdock
1. n. The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
Definition of Spatterdock
1. Noun. (botany) A species of water lily, taxonomic name ''Nuphar advena'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spatterdock
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spatterdock
Literary usage of Spatterdock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"They were possibly more abundant about the spatterdock leaves. There are at the
present time possibly half a dozen clumps, too small to be called areas, ..."
2. What May be Learned from a Tree by Harland Coultas (1863)
"tween petals and stamens, may be obtained in many flowers, especially in the
common spatterdock of the pools (Nic[jhar advena], and the white water lily ..."
3. Along Four-footed Trails: Wild Animals of the Plains as I Knew Them by Ruth A. Cook (1903)
"When they had built a mound three or more feet above the water and nearly four
feet across, they finished the outside with large spatterdock leaves and long ..."
4. Portland Cement: History--uses--composition--process of Manufacture--methods by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1901)
"The channel west of (B) runs between dense masses of spatterdock, Nymphaea advena
Sol., broad-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria latifolia Willd., and cat-tails. ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1884)
"It requires some skill so to pull a lily as to get a long stem. The great yellow
lily, the spatterdock, expresses well the fertility of the river. ..."
Other Resources:
