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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

emergent plants

Subject Category: F Plant Science and Plant Products; S Biological Sciences
Definition: Aquatic plants which have their upper structures (e.g. leaves, stems or inflorescences) extended out of the water.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36854.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36854
Used For: emergent aquatic plants
Broader Term: macrophytes
Narrower Term: water lilies
Spanish: plantas emergentes
Term Number: 36854

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