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Noun
[edit]water can (plural water cans)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, can.
- Any of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; so called from the shape of the seed vessel.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 1863-1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants
- “water can”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.