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ALISMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alisma mean?
• ALISMA (noun)
The noun ALISMA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
Familiarity information: ALISMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alisma; genus Alisma
Hypernyms ("Alisma" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Alisma"):
Alisma plantago-aquatica; water plantain (marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves)
Holonyms ("Alisma" is a member of...):
Alismataceae; family Alismataceae; water-plantain family (perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants)
Context examples
An herbal remedy containing Astragalus membranaceus, Panax ginseng, Atractylodes chinensis Koidz, Cimicifuga foetida, A. macrocephala Koidz, Alisma orientale Juzep, and Citrus reticulata Blanco, with potential immunomodulating, anti-oxidant and anticachexia activities.
(Astragalus-based Formulation Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang, NCI Thesaurus)
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