podostemon

noun

podo·​ste·​mon

-mən

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

plural -s : any plant of the genus Podostemon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pod- + Greek stēmōn threadwarp

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