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PELTANDRA

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Meaning:

Small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs

Synonyms:

genus Peltandra; Peltandra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Peltandra"):

arrow arum (an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America)

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

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

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