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spatterdock

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spat⋅ter⋅dock

  [spat-er-dok]
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–noun
any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, esp. N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
Also called cow lily.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; spatter + dock 4
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spat·ter·dock   (spāt'ər-dŏk')   
n.  An aquatic plant (Nuphar advena) of eastern Mexico and the eastern and central United States, having emergent broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers.

[spatter + dock4.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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