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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER PLANTAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER PLANTAIN

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Water plantain is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WATER PLANTAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

water plantain

Alisma

Alisma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae, members of which are commonly known as water-plantains. The genus consists of aquatic plants with leaves either floating or submerged, found in a variety of still water habitats around the world. The flowers are hermaphrodite, and are arranged in panicles, racemes, or umbels. Alisma flowers have six stamens, numerous free carpels in a single whorl, each with 1 ovule, and subventral styles. The fruit is an achene with a short beak. The nineteenth century British art and social critic John Ruskin believed that the particular curve of the leaf-ribs of Alisma represented a model of 'divine proportion' and helped shape his theory of Gothic architecture. Copóg Phádraig is the Irish name for the water-plantain. It is reputed to ward off fairies. Water plantains are perennial plants. These herbs are usually emergent plants 0.1 – 1 m high. They have broad leaves that can be either tapered or rounded at the base. When submerged, the plant produces ribbon-like leaves. Inflorescences are highly branched. They produce whorls of perfect flowers either white or pinkish.

Definition of water plantain in the English dictionary

The definition of water plantain in the dictionary is any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER PLANTAIN

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Synonyms and antonyms of water plantain in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «water plantain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER PLANTAIN

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The translations of water plantain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water plantain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水芭蕉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llantén de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water plantain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी केला
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

موز الجنة الماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вода подорожника
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plantago
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জল কাটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plantain d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pisang air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasserbanane
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サジオモダカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물 질경이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plantain banyu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chuối nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்ணீர் வாழை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी केळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Su plantain
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piantaggine acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

babki woda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вода подорожника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patlagina apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

plantain νερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water weegbree
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

vatten groblad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vann plantain
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER PLANTAIN»

The term «water plantain» is normally little used and occupies the 111.909 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water plantain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER PLANTAIN»

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Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands
Alisma: An ancient Greek name for the European water plantain. Plantago- aquatica: A combining form meaning "water plantain". Water plantain family: Alismataceae Water plantain is a rather common rooted wetland plant in shallow water of ...
Sylvan T. Runkel, Dean M. Roosa, 2010
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Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers
FRINGED WATER-PLANTAIN, or STAR WATER-PLANTAIN, (Damaso- ntum caiifornicum) is an attractive wetland plant with a woody base, a cluster of long- stemmed, narrow leaves, and tall flower stalks that bear several white, three- petaled ...
Philip Alexander Munz, Dianne Lake, Phyllis M. Faber, 2004
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Botanologia
What Greek Name this was called by in Diiscorides or Theophrastus, is uncertain, but in respect to the Latine ame it may be 'Agifiyxwaovflyuwavi in Latine, Plantago Aguatica, Arnoglcssum Aguaticum: and in English, Water Plantain. \. II.
William Salmon, 1710
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Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide
Water-plantains are typically plants of shallow water; however, mature plants occasionally are found on exposed mud, and juvenile plants may occur completely submersed in deeper water. Water-plantain has been used medicinally by Native ...
Timothy A. Block, Ann Fowler Rhoads, 2011
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Miller's dictionary of gardening, botany, and agriculture; ...
Water Plantain. A. plantago, 7. Hexandria Polygyria, Linnaeus ; Alismacea, Jussieu. Flower six-parted, the three outer pieces falling off late, like a calyx, the three inner ones petal-like ; seed-organs not definite in number, one-seeded ; capsule ...
Philip Miller, 1834
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American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety ...
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and disturbance of liver function have been reported in association with Asian water plantain use (Bensky et al. 2004). Allergic skin rash after exposure to Asian water plantain has been reported ...
Zoë Gardner, Michael McGuffin, 2013
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Sauer's Herbal Cures: America's First Book of Botanic ...
... bruised and applied as a poultice, this will prove serviceable in treating all old, runny, angry, rotten injuries that are spreading. If a woman wants to remove milk from her breasts, she should swab her nipples with the juice of water plantain.
William Woys Weaver, 2001
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Wildflowers of the Eastern United States: An Introduction to ...
W. ater-plantain family. Emergent and shoreline herbs of ponds, marshes, ditches , and stream margins. Recognize water-plantain by its long-stalked, broadly oval, parallel-veined leaves and taller flower stalk with whorled branches bearing ...
John Eastman, 2014
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Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces
Alisma triviale Pursh ALISMATACEAE (Water-Plantain Family) Broad-leaved Water-Plantain Syn.: A. brevipes Greene, A. plantago-aquatica var. americanum Schultes & Schultes Emergent Other Common Names: Common Water-Plantain,  ...
Heinjo Lahring, 2003
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Wetland Weeds: Causes, Cures and Compromises
Environmental impacts and values: pure stands of water plantain in some places suggest it may be allelopathic to some degree, though these may also be the result of repeated disturbance which inhibits the growth of slower-growing ...
Nick Romanowski, 2011

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER PLANTAIN»

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Campaign launched to save rare Floating Water Plantain in …
One of the main threats to Floating Water Plantain is competition by invasive species which compete with our native species for light, space and nutrients so it's ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
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Poor Will's Almanack: June 30 - July 6, 2015
When timothy forage is bearded with seeds, when almost all the lilies bloom, and the first rose of Sharon and butterfly bush, bouncing bets and water plantain, ... «WYSO, Jun 15»
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Plantain, the Earthly Traveler's Trusty Companion
Not at all related to the large, starchy banana of the same name, plantain is a ... in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine found that hot water plantain leaf ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»

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