
• An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
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(from the article `Hydrocharitaceae`) ...the family receives its common name, is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, a rootless water plant with round or heart-shaped floating leaves and small, ...
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(Stratiotes) S. aloides, commonly known as Crab's Claw, Water Aloe and Water Soldier, is a hardy, aquatic perennial found wild in various parts of Europe. This plant has small, fleshy, sword-shaped leaves that resemble a floating Pineapple or Aloe plant. Greenish-white, male and female flowers grow on separate plants. When the flowers of this plant...
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Wa'ter sol`dier (Botany) An aquatic European plant (
Stratiotes aloides ) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
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