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WATER PLANTAIN

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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