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MARSILEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Clover ferns

Synonyms:

genus Marsilea; Marsilea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Marsilea"):

clover fern; pepperwort (any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets)

Marsilea quadrifolia; water clover (water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves)

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

family Marsileaceae; Marsileaceae (clover ferns)

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