Wiktionary
wapato
n. (context US Canada English) The arrowhead, (taxlink Sagittaria latifolia species noshow=1), or its edible bulbous root.
Gazetteer
Wapato, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 4582
Housing Units (2000): 1267
Land area (2000): 0.969697 sq. miles (2.511504 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.969697 sq. miles (2.511504 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76125
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.445521 N, 120.421822 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98951
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Housing Units (2000): 1267
Land area (2000): 0.969697 sq. miles (2.511504 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.969697 sq. miles (2.511504 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76125
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.445521 N, 120.421822 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98951
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Wapato
Wapato can mean:
- Any of various plants in the genus Sagittaria
- Wapato, Washington, a town named after the plant in the State of Washington in the United States
- USS Wapato (YTB-788), a United States Navy tug in service from 1966 to 1996
Usage examples of "wapato".
In a pouch slung over his shoulder he carried meal of parched maize and sunflower seeds, several thin sheets of dried buffalo meat, and a cluster of dried wapato roots.
The missiles awakened no one in the sleeping river town of Wapato as they screamed into their long left-hand turn out by the Rattlesnake Hills, swerving around the City of Yakima, over the long timber-rich valleys.