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Definition of Alisma plantago-aquatica
1. Noun. Marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves.
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
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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