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PISTIA STRATOITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pistia stratoites mean? 

PISTIA STRATOITES (noun)
  The noun PISTIA STRATOITES has 1 sense:

1. pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakesplay

  Familiarity information: PISTIA STRATOITES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PISTIA STRATOITES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pistia; Pistia stratiotes; Pistia stratoites; water cabbage; water lettuce

Hypernyms ("Pistia stratoites" 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 ("Pistia stratoites" is a member of...):

genus Pistia (one species: water lettuce)


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