water plantain

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The sweet flag wafted towards them its humble fragrance and the water plantain unrolled about them its filaments of lace on the margin of the sleeping waters which the willow-herb starred with its purple flowers.

From Honey-Bee 1911 by Lane, Mrs. John

There's water plantain over there in the bog," he said lazily, "and swamp honeysuckle.

From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona

Catching on to the branches of a willow, the two girls stepped cautiously along the uncovered stones at the edge of the weir towards the spot where the water plantain was growing so temptingly.

From A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days by Brazil, Angela

Such plants include eelgrass, pickerel weed, water plantain, and "duckmeat"—all of which have roots and produce flowers.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

In this way seeds of water plantain, sedges, grasses, rushes, docks, arrowhead, pondweeds, duckweed, cat-tail flag, bur reed, bladderwort, water crowfoot, and many others are transported from one pond, lake, or stream, to another.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)