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GROENLANDIA

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae

Synonyms:

genus Groenlandia; Groenlandia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Groenlandia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Groenlandia"):

frog's lettuce (very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe)

Holonyms ("Groenlandia" is a member of...):

family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)

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