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ORONTIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species of aquatic plant: golden club

Synonyms:

genus Orontium; Orontium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Orontium"):

golden club; Orontium aquaticum (aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers)

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

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

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