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GENUS GROENLANDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Groenlandia mean?
• GENUS GROENLANDIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GROENLANDIA has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS GROENLANDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Groenlandia; Groenlandia
Hypernyms ("genus Groenlandia" 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 Groenlandia"):
frog's lettuce (very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe)
Holonyms ("genus Groenlandia" is a member of...):
family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)
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