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GENUS AZOLLA

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Meaning:

A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae

Synonyms:

Azolla; genus Azolla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Azolla" is a kind of...):

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Azolla"):

Azolla caroliniana; Carolina pond fern; floating fern; mosquito fern (small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe)

Holonyms ("genus Azolla" is a member of...):

family Salviniaceae; Salviniaceae (water ferns)

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