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WATER TRUMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water trumpet mean? 

WATER TRUMPET (noun)
  The noun WATER TRUMPET has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asiaplay

  Familiarity information: WATER TRUMPET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER TRUMPET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cryptocoryne; water trumpet

Hypernyms ("water trumpet" 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 ("water trumpet" is a member of...):

genus Cryptocoryne (water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants)


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