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GENUS ALDROVANDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aldrovanda mean?
• GENUS ALDROVANDA (noun)
The noun GENUS ALDROVANDA has 1 sense:
1. one species: waterwheel plant
Familiarity information: GENUS ALDROVANDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: waterwheel plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aldrovanda; genus Aldrovanda
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Aldrovanda" is a member of...):
Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)
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