(n) a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth, Syn. hydrophytic plant, water plant, hydrophyte
[きんぎょも, kingyomo] (n) (1) (col) (See 穂咲の総藻) Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); (2) aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.