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Definition of Fanwort
1. Noun. Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
Generic synonyms: Water Lily
Group relationships: Cabomba, Genus Cabomba
Definition of Fanwort
1. an aquatic plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanwort
Literary usage of Fanwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newspaper Writing and Editing by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1913)
"Of them all fanwort is the most valuable. Hornwort, water starwort, tape grass,
water poppy, willow moss, milfoil and a number of floating plants such as ..."
2. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"fanwort (Cabomba) Delicate, branched, submerged herbs with finely divided leaves
that are opposite or in whorls. Occasionally, the upper floating leaves are ..."
3. Our Search for a Wilderness: An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to by Blair Niles, William Beebe (1910)
"In addition to other very slender fish, there were numbers of little fresh-water
prawns shooting about among the maze of fanwort beneath the pads. ..."
4. The Freshwater Aquarium and Its Inhabitants: Guide for the Amateur Aquarist by Otto Eggeling, Frederick Ehrenberg (1912)
"fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana) is too well known to the amateur aquarist to need
a long description. It is invaluable for the aquarium, as it roots and grows ..."
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