pistia
nounHow to pronounce pistia:
Definition of pistia:
- pistia (noun):
- a plant that lives in or on water.
- a genus of tropical free-floating aquatic herbs (family araceae) having tufted leaves and few-flowered spadices see water lettuce
Synonyms for pistia:
flora
pistia stratiotes
pistia stratoites
plant
water cabbage
water lettuce
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- pipple
- piotr
- pineal
- pillows
- pika
- pietro
- piet
- piebald
- pictures
- pickled
- picket
- pica
- phoebus
- phineas
- phases
- phaeton
- phaedra
- petit
- petful
- petey
- pestered
- pesos
- peso
- pervade
- persist
- perla
- peri
- pelvis
- peepul
- pedals
- pechay
- pearson
- peanuts
- peachy
- payton
- pawpaw
- pavement
- pauline
- paula
- patzy
- patterns
- patrice
- patness
- pater
- pastry
- pastime
- pasties
- pasteur
- passwords
- passport
- … more
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