GENUS AZOLLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Azolla mean? 

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

1. a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae

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

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• GENUS AZOLLA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Azolla; genus Azolla

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

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "genus Azolla"):

Azolla caroliniana; Carolina pond fern; floating fern; mosquito fern (small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe)

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

family Salviniaceae; Salviniaceae (water ferns)