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GROENLANDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Groenlandia mean? 

GROENLANDIA (noun)
  The noun GROENLANDIA has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GROENLANDIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Groenlandia; Groenlandia

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Groenlandia"):

frog's lettuce (very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe)

Holonyms ("Groenlandia" is a member of...):

family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)


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