spat|ter|dock

spat|ter|dock
spat|ter|dock «SPAT uhr DOK», noun.
1. an aquatic plant of the water-lily family, with large erect leaves and rounded yellow flowers, common in stagnant waters of the eastern United States.
2. any one of various related water plants.
[American English, earlier splatterdock < splatter + dock4]

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