LATTICE See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

LEAF PLANT  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

• COMMON

common name for Ouvirandra fenestralis, an aquatic monocotyledonous plant belonging to the small natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Aponogetonaceae and a native of See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar . It has a singular See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance from the structure of the leaves, which are oblong in shape, from 6 to 18 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and from 2 to 4 in. broad; they spread horizontally beneath the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the See also:

• WATER

water, and are reduced to little more than a lattice-like network of See also:

• VEINS

veins . The tuberculate roots are edible . The plant is grown in cultivation as a See also:

• STOVE

stove-aquatic .