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    WATER PLANTAIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leavesplay

    Synonyms:

    Alisma plantago-aquatica; water plantain

    Classified under:

    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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