ALDROVANDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aldrovanda mean? 

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

1. one species: waterwheel plant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALDROVANDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: waterwheel plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aldrovanda; genus Aldrovanda

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Aldrovanda"):

Aldrovanda vesiculosa; waterwheel plant (floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas)

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

Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)