ambulia

noun

am·​bu·​lia

amˈbyülēə

plural -s

: any of several aquatic plants of the genus Limnophila (family Scrophulariaceae) having finely dissected submerged and peltate floating leaves and being often grown as an aquarium plant

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin (Lamarck), borrowed from Konkani ambuli, name for Limnophora indica

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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