floating leaves
Surface-resting greenery
Floating leaves are the leaves of aquatic plants that rest on the water's surface, like those of water lilies or lotus.
The term distinguishes them from submerged leaves that remain underwater or emergent leaves that rise above it.
The pond was covered with floating leaves.
- lily padFloating aquatic leaf
- hydrophytesPlants living in water
- lotusSacred aquatic flower
- water gardenCultivated aquatic plant display
- duckweedMinute aquatic floating plant
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