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Alismataceae

noun

perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants

• Syn: ↑family Alismataceae, ↑water-plantain family

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Alisma, ↑genus Alisma, ↑Sagittaria, ↑genus Sagittaria

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\\əˌlizməˈtāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Alismat-, Alisma, type genus + -aceae

: a family of monocotyledonous aquatic or marsh herbs (order Naiadales) having regular perfect monoecious flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.