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CALLITRICHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Callitriche mean?
• CALLITRICHE (noun)
The noun CALLITRICHE has 1 sense:
1. water starworts
Familiarity information: CALLITRICHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water starworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Callitriche; genus Callitriche
Hypernyms ("Callitriche" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Callitriche"):
water starwort (any of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves; America, Europe and Asia)
Holonyms ("Callitriche" is a member of...):
Callitrichaceae; family Callitrichaceae (dicot aquatic herbs)
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