WATER PLANTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water plantain mean? 

• WATER PLANTAIN (noun)
  The noun WATER PLANTAIN has 1 sense:

1. marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER PLANTAIN (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alisma plantago-aquatica; water plantain

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)