Definition of Alisma plantago-aquatica

1. Noun. Marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves.

Exact synonyms: Water Plantain
Group relationships: Alisma, Genus Alisma
Specialized synonyms: Ribbon-leaved Water Plantain, Narrow-leaved Water Plantain
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alisma Plantago-aquatica

Alice band
Alice bands
Alice blue
Alice chess
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alicia
Alicia Alonso
Alicorns
Alimos
Alina
Aline
Alioth
Alisha
Alisma
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alismales
Alismataceae
Alismatidae
Alison
Alistair
Alistair Cooke
Alitalia
Alix
Aliyah
Alka-seltzer
Alkaid
Alkaios
Alkeran
Alkincoats

Literary usage of Alisma plantago-aquatica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1904)
"... an uncommon circumstance in aquatic plants."—Portion of submerged leaf and fruit, both enlarged, added for EB ed. 8. 1437. alisma plantago-aquatica ..."

2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"For alisma plantago-aquatica, L. read—Alisma Plantago, L. (Linnaeus in Sp. PI. 342, uses the latter name.) Page 9. After Agropyron Novae-Angliae, ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"ALISMA L. Sp. PI. 342 (1753). 212. alisma plantago-aquatica L. Sp. PI. 342 (1753). 213. Alisma tenellum Mart. ; R. & S. Syst. ..."

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