podostemadn.
/ˌpɒdə(ʊ)ˈstiːmad/, U.S. /ˌpɑdoʊˈstiˌmæd/ Botany. rare.
A plant of the family Podostemaceae.
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1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 482 Hypogynous Exogens. Rutales... Podostemaceæ.—Podostemads.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 303 The wet stones were covered with Podostemads, herbaceous branched floating plants, with the habit of liverworts.
1995 Brittonia 47 217 Our as yet incomplete field surveys have revealed this species [sc.Tristichia trifaria] to be the most widespread podostemad in Mexico.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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