water plantainn.
/ˈwɔːtə ˌplantᵻn/, /ˈwɔːtə ˌplanteɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌplænt(ə)n/, /ˈwɑdər ˌplænt(ə)n/, /ˈwɔdər ˌplænˌteɪn/, /ˈwɑdər ˌplænˌteɪn/ 1. A tall herbaceous plant, Alisma plantago-aquatica (family Alismataceae), with broad leaves and pale violet flowers, found in or near shallow water. Also: (frequently with distinguishing word) any of various other plants of the family Alismataceae.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-plantain
water plantain1538
alisma1575
sea-plantain1578
thrumwort1829
alismad1846
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Alisma Alisma dioscoridæ..officinis & herbarijs plantago aquatica..nostratibus water plantane or water waybrede.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxvi. 96 Water Plantayne is a fayre herbe, with large greene leaues.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 496 Falling euill, drink the leaues, roots or buds of water Planten.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 204 Alisma..foliis cordatis obtusis L. Sp. Pl...The Great Water-Plantain. This plant grows very common in all stagnating waters.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 260 The Water Plantains... Great Water Plantain, [Note] Alisma Plantago Lin.
1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Luss Alisma ranunculoides, or lesser water plantain.
1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 122 Water-plantain, rosy vagrant, Flings his garland on the wave.
1960 Ecol. Monogr. 30 51/2 Plants of common occurrence and often of great abundance are water plantain (Alisma) and..indian rice.
1988 M. Hickey & C. King 100 Families Flowering Plants (ed. 2) 473/2 In..Baldellia ranunculoides (Lesser Water-plantain) which flowers in May, the inflorescence is umbellate.
2004 P. A. Munz & D. Lake Introd. Calif. Spring Wildflowers (rev. ed.) 22 Fringed water-plantain, or star water-plantain, (Damasonium californicum) is an attractive wetland plant with a woody base.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > names applied to various aquatic plants
water yarrow1597
samphire1703
water plantain1756
marsh rosemary1777
star fruit1830
brakbush1844
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 195 The round-leafed Water-Plantain, or Pontederia.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Plantain, Least Water, Limosella.
1787 R. W. Darwin Principia Botanica 250 Mudwort; or Least water plantain Limosella aquatica.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Plantain Water Plantain of Jamaica, Pontederia azurea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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