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HYDROCHARIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Frogbit

Synonyms:

genus Hydrocharis; Hydrocharis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hydrocharis"):

frog's-bit; frogbit; Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers)

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

family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)

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