waterleaf

  1. Noun.  (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Hydrophyllum''.
  2. Noun.  (botany) Any plant of ''Hydrophyllaceae'', the waterleaf family.
  3. Noun.  A tropical plant (''Talinum fruticosum''), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
  4. Noun.  (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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