waterleaf

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Synonyms: water leaf, water-leaf, waterless, interleaf, watermeal, waterhead, waterleafs

Antonyms: water leaf, water-leaf, waterless, interleaf, watermeal, waterhead, waterleafs

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} Any plant of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Hydrophyllum|genus}}.
2. {{lb|en|botany}} Any plant of {{taxfmt|Hydrophyllaceae|family}}, the waterleaf family.
3. A tropical plant ({{taxlink|Talinum fruticosum|species}}), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
4. {{lb|en|architecture}} A leaf-shaped decoration used on the [[capital]]s of columns in late 12th-century [[Romanesque]] architecture
5. {{lb|en|paper technology}} An absorbent [[unsized]] paper, somewhat like blotter paper<!-- as opposed to [[slake-sized]] or [[hard-sized]] papers-->.

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