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podostemon

\\-_mən\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + Greek stēmōn threadwarp — more at stamen

1. capitalized : a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Podostemonaceae) of rock-inhabiting submerged aquatic herbs having sessile involucrate flowers and poorly differentiated leaves — see riverweed

2. -s : any plant of the genus Podostemon

Useful english dictionary. 2012.