water dragon

noun

1. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

• Syn: ↑marsh marigold, ↑kingcup, ↑meadow bright, ↑May blob, ↑cowslip, ↑Caltha palustris

• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caltha, ↑genus Caltha

2. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

• Syn: ↑lizard's-tail, ↑swamp lily, ↑Saururus cernuus

• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Saururus, ↑genus Saururus

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noun

1. : a large Australian lizard (Physignathus lesueurii) that frequents water and is reported to make an uncanny sound by means of inflated cheek pouches

2.

a. : a marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)

b. : lizard's-tail