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PICKERELWEED FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic or bog plants

Synonyms:

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pickerelweed family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "pickerelweed family"):

genus Pontederia; Pontederia (pickerelweed)

Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia (water hyacinth; water orchid)

genus Heteranthera; Heteranthera (mud plantains)

Holonyms ("pickerelweed family" is a member of...):

Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)

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