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PONTEDERIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pontederiaceae mean? 

PONTEDERIACEAE (noun)
  The noun PONTEDERIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. aquatic or bog plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PONTEDERIACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic or bog plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pontederiaceae"):

genus Pontederia; Pontederia (pickerelweed)

Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia (water hyacinth; water orchid)

genus Heteranthera; Heteranthera (mud plantains)

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

Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)


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