Associations to the word «Alismataceae»

Wiktionary

ALISMATACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Alismatales   — water plantains and related plants, mainly aquatic, flowering, endemic chiefly to marshes and ponds in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Dictionary definition

ALISMATACEAE, noun. Perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants.

Wise words

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