GENUS ALISMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alisma mean? 

• GENUS ALISMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALISMA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALISMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALISMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alisma; genus Alisma

Hypernyms ("genus Alisma" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Alisma"):

Alisma plantago-aquatica; water plantain (marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves)

Holonyms ("genus Alisma" is a member of...):

Alismataceae; family Alismataceae; water-plantain family (perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants)