| 单词 | pistia |
| 释义 | pistia (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY pistia: pistias USAGE EXAMPLESIn the absence of sponges, however, this fish attaches its eggs to the floating roots of the water-plant Pistia stratiotes. Annandale, Nelson, Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Poly...(2011) The plant mentioned by Malte-Brun is probably the Pistia Stratiotes, a floating plant, related to English duckweed, but very much larger. Lyell, Charles, Sir, Principles of Geology—or, The Moder...(2010) This is principally formed of the water-lettuce, or Pistia, an aquatic plant with long roots which descend to the bottom. Various, With the World's Great Travellers,...(2010) n pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes Syn|Hyper Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites, water cabbage, water lettuce 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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