CABOMBACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cabombaceae mean? 

• CABOMBACEAE (noun)
  The noun CABOMBACEAE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CABOMBACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CABOMBACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae; water-shield family

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cabombaceae"):

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 ("Cabombaceae" is a member of...):

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