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GENUS ALTERNANTHERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alternanthera mean? 

GENUS ALTERNANTHERA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALTERNANTHERA has 1 sense:

1. genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telantheraplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALTERNANTHERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ALTERNANTHERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alternanthera; genus Alternanthera

Hypernyms ("genus Alternanthera" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Alternanthera"):

alligator grass; alligator weed; Alternanthera philoxeroides (prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses)

Holonyms ("genus Alternanthera" is a member of...):

amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)


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