noun
genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Sagittaria
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Hyponyms: ↑common arrowhead
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alismataceae, ↑family Alismataceae, ↑water-plantain family
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\\ˌsajəˈta(a)rēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of aquatic herbs (family Alismataceae) of temperate and tropical regions having basal often sagittate or hastate leaves and scapose flowers with 3 sepals and 3 deciduous white petals — see arrowhead, wapatoo
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Sagittāˈria noun
The arrowhead genus
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Main Entry: ↑sagitta
Useful english dictionary. 2012.