As nouns the difference between waterleaf and guinea
is that waterleaf is (botany) any plant of the genus while guinea is (us|slang|pejorative|ethnic slur) a person of italian descent.
waterleaf
Alternative forms
*water-leaf
Noun
(Hydrophyllum)
(Hydrophyllaceae)
(Talinum fruticosum)
(waterleaves)
(botany) Any plant of the genus .
(botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
(architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
(paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.
Synonyms
*(tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable ): (cariru), (Ceylon spinach), (Florida spinach), (Lagos bologi), (potherb fameflower), (Philippine spinach), (Surinam purslane), sweetheart
Derived terms
* (
ballhead waterleaf), (
ball-headed waterleaf)
* (
blunt-leaf waterleaf), (
bluntleaf waterleaf)
* (
vern,
Brown's waterleaf)
* (
dwarf waterleaf)
* (
vern,
Fendler's waterleaf)
* (
great waterleaf)
* (
largeleaf waterleaf)
* (
Pacific waterleaf)
* (
Virginia waterleaf)
* (
waterleaf capital)
* (
western waterleaf)
Anagrams
*
guinea
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.
Derived terms
* Equatorial Guinea
* French Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guinean
* New Guinea
* Papua New Guinea
* Portuguese Guinea
* Spanish Guinea
See also
*
