MARSILEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marsilea mean? 

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

1. clover ferns

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSILEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clover ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Marsilea; Marsilea

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Marsilea"):

clover fern; pepperwort (any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets)

Marsilea quadrifolia; water clover (water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves)

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

family Marsileaceae; Marsileaceae (clover ferns)