Translingual

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Proper noun

Alisma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – water plantains.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Alismatales - order; Alismataceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alisma plantago-aquatica - type species; Alisma canaliculatum, Alisma gramineum, Alisma lanceolatum, Alisma nanum, Alisma orientale, Alisma subcordatum, Alisma triviale, Alisma wahlenbergii (other species)
  • Alisma × bjoerkqvistii, Alisma × juzepczukii, Alisma × rhicnocarpum - nothospecies

French

Noun

alisma f ‎(plural alismas)

1. Alternative form of alisme

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλισμα ‎(álisma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlis.ma/, [aˈlɪs.ma]

Noun

alisma n ‎(genitive alismatis); third declension

1. water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Descendants

• Translingual: Alisma

References

• alisma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ALISMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alisma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.