Water lettuce \Wa"ter let"tuce\ (Bot.)
A plant ({Pistia stratiotes}) which floats on tropical
waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.
--J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Pistia stratiotes
n : pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped
leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes [syn: {pistia},
{water lettuce}, {water cabbage}, {Pistia stratoites}]