water cabbage vs Pistia stratoites

water cabbage and Pistia stratoites both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water cabbage	Yes	No	No	No
Pistia stratoites	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, water cabbage and Pistia stratoites are synonyms defined as:

water cabbage and Pistia stratoites: pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes

Other synonyms of water cabbage include pistia, Pistia stratiotes, water lettuce.

water cabbage (noun)	Pistia stratoites (noun)
pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes	pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes