Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of water-plants, of the order Hydrocharideæ, type of the tribe Stratioteæ.
- noun In entomology, a genus of South American carabid beetles.
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Examples
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Other shallow water vegetation includes floating carpets of Pistia stratiotes, Neptunia oleracea, Ipomoea reptans and Najas graminea.
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Occasionally, the floating plant Nile lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) covers large areas of open water.
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Common floating species include Eichhornia crassipes, Salvinia auriculata, and Pistia stratiotes.
Pantanal 2007
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Examples of these species include Eichhornia crassipes (jacinto de agua), Pistis stratiotes (lechuga de agua), Nymphaea odorata (loto, flor de agua or ova), Utricularia spp.,
Cuban wetlands 2007
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A great deal of the plant Pistia stratiotes was seen floating in the river.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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(‘Pistia stratiotes’), from its resemblance to a lettuce.
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It is probably the ‘Pistia stratiotes’, a gigantic
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Years ago a Portuguese expedition is said, however, to have attempted the ascent, but to have abandoned it on account of the impenetrable duckweed (Pistia stratiotes.)
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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This aquatic plant is the _Pistia stratiotes_, Linn.,
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Years ago a Portuguese expedition is said, however, to have attempted the ascent, but to have abandoned it on account of the impenetrable duckweed (_Pistia stratiotes_.)
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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