WATER FLAXSEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands

Synonyms:

great duckweed; Spirodela polyrrhiza; water flaxseed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water flaxseed" is a kind of...):

duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)

Holonyms ("water flaxseed" is a member of...):

genus Spirodela; Spirodela (minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots)

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