[fahn-wurt, -wawrt] 
| any aquatic plant belonging to the genus Cabomba, of the water lily family, having very small flowers and submerged and floating leaves. |
| fan·wort (fān'wûrt', -wôrt') n. Any of several aquatic plants of the genus Cabomba, having opposite, finely divided, fanlike submersed leaves and alternate, entire, peltate floating leaves. Also called cabomba. |
fanwort
any of about seven species of aquatic flowering plants constituting the genus Cabomba, of the fanwort or water-shield family (Cabombaceae), native to the New World tropics and subtropics. Water shield is also the more commonly used name for Brasenia, the only other genus of the family
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