CRYPTOCORYNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptocoryne mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOCORYNE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cryptocoryne; water trumpet

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

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

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

genus Cryptocoryne (water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants)