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moerasplant

Definitions of moerasplant
  1. noun
    a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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    types:
    bies, vlechtriet
    grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
    sigaar, stinkstok
    tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
    type of:
    hydrofyt, waterplant
    a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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