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Definition of water soldier in English: water soldiernoun An aquatic European plant with slender spiny-toothed leaves in submerged rosettes that rise to the surface at flowering time. Stratiotes aloides, family Hydrocharitaceae Example sentencesExamples - The water soldier has long unbranched roots that hang down under the plant to balance it.
- Further onto the marsh there are water soldiers that should be coming into flower about now.
- For nesting, the species requires water with a vegetation of water soldier, with insect-rich grassland nearby, where it can search for food.
- The water soldier offers a graceful display when it rises to the surface of the water to flower in July.
- In and around the sparkling, unpolluted dykes dividing the marshes, plants like rare water soldier, frogbit and flowering rush hold forth.
Definition of water soldier in US English: water soldiernoun An aquatic European plant with slender spiny-toothed leaves in submerged rosettes that rise to the surface at flowering time. Stratiotes aloides, family Hydrocharitaceae Example sentencesExamples - In and around the sparkling, unpolluted dykes dividing the marshes, plants like rare water soldier, frogbit and flowering rush hold forth.
- The water soldier has long unbranched roots that hang down under the plant to balance it.
- For nesting, the species requires water with a vegetation of water soldier, with insect-rich grassland nearby, where it can search for food.
- Further onto the marsh there are water soldiers that should be coming into flower about now.
- The water soldier offers a graceful display when it rises to the surface of the water to flower in July.
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