GENUS CERATOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ceratophyllum mean? 

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

1. constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CERATOPHYLLUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum

Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus Ceratophyllum"):

hornwort (any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams)

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

Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts)