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PONTEDERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pontederia mean?
• PONTEDERIA (noun)
The noun PONTEDERIA has 1 sense:
1. pickerelweed
Familiarity information: PONTEDERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pickerelweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pontederia; Pontederia
Hypernyms ("Pontederia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Pontederia"):
pickerel weed; pickerelweed; Pontederia cordata; wampee (American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds)
Holonyms ("Pontederia" is a member of...):
family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)
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