noun
strătĭōtes
Meaning
- a water-plant
strătĭōtes, ae, m., = στρατιώτης,
I. a water-plant; either the aloe-leaved watersoldier: Stratiotes aloides, Linn.; or the great duck-weed: Pistia stratiotes, Linn.; Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169.—Called also stră-tĭōtĭcē, App. Herb. 88.