GENUS PONTEDERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pontederia mean? 

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

1. pickerelweed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PONTEDERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pickerelweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pontederia; Pontederia

Hypernyms ("genus Pontederia" 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 Pontederia"):

pickerel weed; pickerelweed; Pontederia cordata; wampee (American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds)

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

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)