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VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vallisneria spiralis mean? 

VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS (noun)
  The noun VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS has 1 sense:

1. submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery

Hypernyms ("Vallisneria spiralis" 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 ("Vallisneria spiralis" is a member of...):

genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria (eelgrass; eel grass)


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