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Sagittaria

noun

genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Sagittaria

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Hyponyms: ↑common arrowhead

• Member Holonyms: ↑Alismataceae, ↑family Alismataceae, ↑water-plantain family

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\\ˌsajəˈta(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sagitta + New Latin -aria

: a genus of aquatic herbs (family Alismataceae) of temperate and tropical regions having basal often sagittate or hastate leaves and scapose flowers with 3 sepals and 3 deciduous white petals — see arrowhead, wapatoo

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Sagittāˈria noun

The arrowhead genus

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Main Entry: ↑sagitta

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