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Definition of Pistia stratiotes
1. Noun. Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes.
Group relationships: Genus Pistia
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistia Stratiotes
Literary usage of Pistia stratiotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"It is also grown to a limited extent in the Visa- yan Islands and is quite commonly
cultivated in Camarines. Genus P 1ST IA pistia stratiotes L. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... and a few smaller plants, as pistia stratiotes or ... white; N. rosea, bright
rose; N. rubra, rosy crimson ; pistia stratiotes or Water Lettuce, ..."
3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1854)
"E, which i» here made to include three Genera:—1. Apiospermum, Kl. (the Pistia
obcordata, Schleid. and Kunth = pistia stratiotes, HBK), native of Brazil. 2. ..."
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