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ELEOCHARIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eleocharis mean?
• ELEOCHARIS (noun)
The noun ELEOCHARIS has 1 sense:
1. sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
Familiarity information: ELEOCHARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eleocharis; genus Eleocharis
Hypernyms ("Eleocharis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Eleocharis"):
spike rush (a sedge of the genus Eleocharis)
Holonyms ("Eleocharis" is a member of...):
Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)
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