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ORONTIUM AQUATICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orontium aquaticum mean? 

ORONTIUM AQUATICUM (noun)
  The noun ORONTIUM AQUATICUM has 1 sense:

1. aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ORONTIUM AQUATICUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORONTIUM AQUATICUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

golden club; Orontium aquaticum

Hypernyms ("Orontium aquaticum" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("Orontium aquaticum" is a member of...):

genus Orontium; Orontium (one species of aquatic plant: golden club)


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