Saturday, March 5, 2011
Corantus
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noun Bot. Family of aquatic monocotyledonous plants that have starchy rhizome and dry fruits.
Type genus: Alisma.
From modern Latin Alismataceae; from Alisma, name of a plant genus; from Greek alisma, «salty thing»; and the Latin suffix -aceae, «-aceous».
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