SPARGANIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sparganium mean? 

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

1. type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPARGANIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sparganium; Sparganium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Sparganium"):

bur reed (marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit)

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

bur-reed family; family Sparganiaceae; Sparganiaceae (coextensive with the genus Sparganium)