ERIOCAULON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eriocaulon mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIOCAULON (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Eriocaulon"):

Eriocaulon aquaticum; pipewort (aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers)

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

Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family (chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts)