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WATER PLANTAIN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
Synonyms:
Alisma plantago-aquatica; water plantain
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water plantain" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water plantain"):
ribbon-leaved water plantain; narrow-leaved water plantain (a variety of water plantain)
Holonyms ("water plantain" is a member of...):
Alisma; genus Alisma (small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants)
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