Cabomba

noun

Ca·​bom·​ba

kəˈbämbə

: a small genus of American aquatic plants (family Nymphaeaceae) comprising the water shield and having minute white or yellow flowers and submerged dissected leaves as well as peltate floating ones

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish cabomba, a South American aquatic plant

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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