water can

English
the water can seed vessel of Nuphar lutea

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Noun

water can (plural water cans)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see water,‎ can.
  2. Any of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; so called from the shape of the seed vessel.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for water can in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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