floating-leaved plant; floating plant
Botanical term for aquatic plants whose leaves float on the water surface, such as water lilies.
Water lilies are a typical floating-leaved plant.
Many floating-leaved plants grow in this pond.
Emergent plants that root underwater but have stems and leaves above the surface, unlike 浮葉植物 whose leaves float.
Submerged plants that grow entirely underwater, in contrast to 浮葉植物 with floating leaves.
Compound of 浮葉 (floating leaf) and 植物 (plant). A straightforward descriptive term in botany.