| 单词 | swamp plant |
| 释义 | swamp plant (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY swamp plant: swamp plants USAGE EXAMPLESLeaves from swamp plants also appear in the mud, confirming that the forested spot was on the upslope edge of a nearby wetland. Scientific American(Nov 13, 2013) The trophy is embossed with motifs of swamp plants that thrive near Marathon, a Greek town. New York Times(Jul 12, 2012) He describes the "visual tinnitus" of flat waters and swamp plants. Wall Street Journal(Aug 14, 2010) n a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath Syn|Hypo|Hyper bog plant, marsh plant Ranunculus flammula, lesser spearwort semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwortsemiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears Caltha palustris, May blob, cowslip, kingcup, marsh marigold, meadow bright, water dragonswamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups rushgrasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems Acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flagperennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots Calla palustris, water arum, wild callaplant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries Lysichiton americanum, skunk cabbageclump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe Symplocarpus foetidus, foetid pothos, polecat weed, skunk cabbagedeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe iva, marsh elderany of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America sedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers cattailtall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes sabbatiaany of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes yellow-eyed grassany of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States Alisma plantago-aquatica, water plantainmarsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves Triglochin maritima, arrow grasstufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock grass-of-Parnassus, parnassiaany of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup Chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtleheadshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple American brooklime, Veronica americana, brooklimeplant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga, brooklimeEuropean plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America Sium suave, water parsnipstout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia Sium latifolium, greater water parsniplarge stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe Sium sisarum, skirretan Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root Saururus cernuus, lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragonNorth American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers Juncus effusus, bullrush, bulrush, common rush, soft rushtall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America Juncus articulatus, jointed rushrush of Australia Juncus bufonius, toad rushlow-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan Juncus inflexus, hard rushtall rush of temperate regions Juncus leseurii, salt rushrush of the Pacific coast of North America Juncus tenuis, slender rushtufted wiry rush of wide distribution Iva xanthifolia, burweed marsh elder, false ragweedtall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedgeAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves Cyperus esculentus, chufa, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrassEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers Cyperus longus, galangal, galingaleEuropean sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrustall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedgea widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedgeEuropean maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedgetufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan cotton grass, cotton rushany sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes Scirpus acutus, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrushwidely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems Scirpus cyperinus, wool grasssedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets spike rusha sedge of the genus Eleocharis Typha latifolia, bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmacetall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa Typha angustifolia, lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flagreed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia American centaury, Sabbatia Angularis, Sabbatia stellaris, bitter floom, marsh pink, rose pinkany of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury Sabbatia campestris, Texas star, prairia Sabbatiaprairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers Xyris operculata, tall yellow-eyeof Australia ribbon-leaved water plantaina variety of water plantain narrow-leaved water plantaina variety of water plantain Parnassia palustris, bog starplant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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