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WATER-SHIELD FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia

Synonyms:

Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae; water-shield family

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water-shield family" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "water-shield family"):

Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)

Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("water-shield family" is a member of...):

family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)

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