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CERATOPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceratophyllum mean?
• CERATOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun CERATOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts
Familiarity information: CERATOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum
Hypernyms ("Ceratophyllum" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Ceratophyllum"):
hornwort (any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams)
Holonyms ("Ceratophyllum" is a member of...):
Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts)
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