HyperDic: pistia_stratiotes

English > 1 sense of the expression Pistia stratiotes:
NOUNplantPistia stratiotes, pistia, water lettuce, water cabbage, Pistia stratoitespantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves
English > Pistia stratiotes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningpantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes.
Synonymspistia, water lettuce, water cabbage, Pistia stratoites
Member ofgenus PistiaOne species
Broaderaquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plantA plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
Spanishpistia, Pistia stratiotes
Catalanpistia

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