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Limnanthemum lacunosum
Floating Float"ing, a. 1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air. 2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals. 3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt. Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been withdrawn in great masses from the island. --Macaulay. Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail. Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. Floating bridge. (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock. Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. Floating dam. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock. Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight. Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under Wandering. Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric.

Meaning of Limna from wikipedia

- Limnas is a genus of Asian plants in the gr**** family. It is found in northern and central Asia (Russia and Kazakhstan). Species Limnas malyschevii O...
- Limna (Ukrainian: Лімна, Polish: Dnięstrzyk Dębowy) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. The village was established...
- 2013 Species N. limna (Cavalier-Smith 2008) Glücksman & Cavalier-Smith 2013 [Planomonas limna Cavalier-Smith 2008; Ancyromonas limna (Cavalier-Smith 2008)...
- Klug, 1845 Limnas dorippus Danaus chrysippus aegyptius f. dorippus Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus f. dorippus Danaus chrysippus dorippus Limnas klugii Butler...
- Froreich, 1928 Danaus (Limnas) chrysippus ab. impunctata Dufrane, 1948 Danaus (Limnas) chrysippus ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1948 Danaus (Limnas) chrysippus ab....
- north and east it formed a line which followed the s****s of the lakes Limna (Hoyran Gölü) and Caralis (Beyşehir Gölü), turned south towards the Gulf...
- a0da5a20-5e96-4342-921f-175842840879 Open Tree of Life: 721422 PLANTS: LIMNA POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331720-2 VASCAN: 1345 WFO: wfo-4000021762...
- Species: M. cinaron Binomial name Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Synonyms Limnas cinaron C. & R. Felder, 1861 Aculhua inca Röber, 1895 Lymnas cinaron...
- Species: M. pixe Binomial name Melanis pixe (Boisduval, 1836) Synonyms Limnas pixe Boisduval, [1836] Lymnas pixe sanguinea Stichel, 1910 Lymnas crenitaenia...
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