spatterdock

[ spat-er-dok ]

noun
  1. any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.

Origin of spatterdock

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; spatter + dock4

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