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PONTEDERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pickerelweed

Synonyms:

genus Pontederia; Pontederia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pontederia"):

pickerel weed; pickerelweed; Pontederia cordata; wampee (American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds)

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

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)

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