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An image of a water lily root found on the shore of a lake in Minnesota, shared in a viral post on Reddit. u/applementionpies on Reddit. The mysterious plant is a water lily root, food scientist ...

On reaching the surface the bud, on its long stem, sweeps across the water surface, pushing competing plants out of the way, before it unfurls into a giant leaf, up to 2.5 metres across.