GENUS VALLISNERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vallisneria mean? 

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

1. eelgrass; eel grass

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS VALLISNERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eelgrass; eel grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria

Hypernyms ("genus Vallisneria" 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 Vallisneria"):

eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery (submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia)

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

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