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VALLISNERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vallisneria mean?
• VALLISNERIA (noun)
The noun VALLISNERIA has 1 sense:
1. eelgrass; eel grass
Familiarity information: VALLISNERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eelgrass; eel grass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria
Hypernyms ("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 "Vallisneria"):
eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery (submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia)
Holonyms ("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)
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