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PICKERELWEED FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pickerelweed family mean?
• PICKERELWEED FAMILY (noun)
The noun PICKERELWEED FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. aquatic or bog plants
Familiarity information: PICKERELWEED FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic or bog plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae
Hypernyms ("pickerelweed family" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "pickerelweed family"):
genus Pontederia; Pontederia (pickerelweed)
Eichhornia; genus Eichhornia (water hyacinth; water orchid)
genus Heteranthera; Heteranthera (mud plantains)
Holonyms ("pickerelweed family" is a member of...):
Commelinales; order Commelinales; order Xyridales; Xyridales (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)
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