western waterleaf

noun

: a perennial herb (Hydrophyllum occidentale) of the western U.S. having pinnate leaves with toothed leaflets and a round cluster of small white to violet flowers borne on the end of a tall stalk

called also California waterleaf

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

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