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water plantain

noun

Definition of WATER PLANTAIN

:  any of a genus (Alisma of the family Alismataceae, the water-plantain family) of marsh or aquatic herbs with acrid sap and scapose 3-petaled flowers
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First Known Use of WATER PLANTAIN

circa 1538

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