‖ podostemon Bot.
(pɒdəʊˈstiːmən)
[mod.L., f. podo- + Gr. στήµων, taken as = stamen: from the two stamens with filaments united for about half their length.]
The typical genus of the family Podostemaceæ, comprising moss-like aquatic herbs with apetalous flowers, natives chiefly of S. America. So podostemaceous (-ˈeɪʃəs) a., belonging to this order; podoˈstemad [cf. arad], a plant of this order.
| 1846 Lindley Veg. Kingd. 482 Hypogynous Exogens. Rutales... Podostemaceæ.—Podostemads. 1866 Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. xliii. 71 This stream is rapid,..with many podostemons at the bottom. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 303 The wet stones were covered with Podostemads, herbaceous branched floating plants, with the habit of liverworts. |