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VALLISNERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Eelgrass; eel grass

Synonyms:

genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Vallisneria"):

eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery (submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia)

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

family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)

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