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MUD PLANTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mud plantain mean? 

MUD PLANTAIN (noun)
  The noun MUD PLANTAIN has 1 sense:

1. grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsplay

  Familiarity information: MUD PLANTAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUD PLANTAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Heteranthera dubia; mud plantain; water star grass

Hypernyms ("mud plantain" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("mud plantain" is a member of...):

genus Heteranthera; Heteranthera (mud plantains)


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