GENUS CRYPTOCORYNE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cryptocoryne"):

cryptocoryne; water trumpet (any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

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