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marsilea

marsilea noun: any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns (water clover).

Noun

marsilea (plural marsileas)

  1. Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns (water clover).

Forms of marsilea

pluralmarsileas

Origin of marsilea

New Latin, after Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli ( Marsilius ) + 1730 Italian Naturalists

Questions about marsilea

What does marsilea mean?
Marsilea means any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns (water clover).
What part of speech is marsilea?
Marsilea is a noun.
What is the plural of marsilea?
The plural of marsilea is marsileas.

Words near marsilea in the dictionary

  1. Marsicanos
  2. Marsicans
  3. Marsico
  4. Marsicos
  5. Marsigni
  6. marsilea
  7. marsileaceous
  8. marsileas
  9. Marsilian
  10. marsin
  11. marsipobranch

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