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LIMNOBIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Limnobium mean?
• LIMNOBIUM (noun)
The noun LIMNOBIUM has 1 sense:
1. American frogbit
Familiarity information: LIMNOBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American frogbit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Limnobium; Limnobium
Hypernyms ("Limnobium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Limnobium"):
American frogbit; Limnodium spongia (American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches)
Holonyms ("Limnobium" is a member of...):
family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)
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