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EGERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Egeria mean?
• EGERIA (noun)
The noun EGERIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
Familiarity information: EGERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Egeria; genus Egeria
Hypernyms ("Egeria" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Egeria" 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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