na·tant /ˈneɪtnt/ [neyt-nt]
–adjective
1. swimming; floating.
2. Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.
[Origin: 1700–10; < L natant- (s. of natāns), prp. of natāre to swim; see -ant]
—Related forms
na·tant·ly, adverb
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