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water plantain

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. water plantain (noun)
  2. dwarf water plantain (noun)
  3. water-plantain family (noun)
  4. water-plantain spearwort (noun)

water plantain

noun

Definition of WATER PLANTAIN

: any of a genus (Alisma of the family Alismataceae, the water-plantain family) of marsh or aquatic herbs with acrid sap and scapose 3-petaled flowers

First Known Use of WATER PLANTAIN

circa 1538

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