CHRYSOSPLENIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysosplenium mean? 

• CHRYSOSPLENIUM (noun)
  The noun CHRYSOSPLENIUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers

  Familiarity information: CHRYSOSPLENIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOSPLENIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysosplenium; genus Chrysosplenium

Hypernyms ("Chrysosplenium" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Chrysosplenium"):

golden saxifrage; golden spleen (any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium)

Chrysosplenium americanum; water carpet; water mat (aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States)

Holonyms ("Chrysosplenium" is a member of...):

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)