Katniss

Duck potato genus

Katniss is an aquatic plant with arrow-shaped leaves, also called arrowhead or duck potato.

The tubers are edible.

The name gained wide recognition through Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of Suzanne Collins's *Hunger Games* trilogy, whose father named her after the plant as a reminder that she could feed herself.

fictional

Hunger Games

Survival contest for starving districts

archer · Gale · rebellion · Capitol · arena · volunteer · Primrose · survivor · revolution · victor

botanical

arrowhead

Piercing end of projectile

edible · foraging · pond · marsh · starch · root · swamp · bulb · water plant · broadleaf

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Opposites
narrative role

KatnissCato

Roman political name

power dynamics

Katnissoppressor

One who dominates cruelly

dictator · tyrant · tyranny · collaborator · conformist

botanical habitat

Katnissdesert plants

Flora adapted to drought

xerophytes · cactus · succulents · cacti · sagebrush

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG