GENUS ELODEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elodea mean? 

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

1. submerged freshwater perennials

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ELODEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Submerged freshwater perennials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ditchmoss; Elodea; genus Elodea; pondweed

Hypernyms ("genus Elodea" 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 Elodea"):

waterweed (a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea)

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

family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)