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DICHONDRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dichondra mean?
• DICHONDRA (noun)
The noun DICHONDRA has 1 sense:
1. a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
Familiarity information: DICHONDRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dichondra; Dichondra micrantha
Hypernyms ("dichondra" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("dichondra" is a member of...):
genus Dichondra (genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes)
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