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GENUS CRYPTOCORYNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cryptocoryne mean?
• GENUS CRYPTOCORYNE (noun)
The noun GENUS CRYPTOCORYNE has 1 sense:
1. water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
Familiarity information: GENUS CRYPTOCORYNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Cryptocoryne" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cryptocoryne"):
cryptocoryne; water trumpet (any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Cryptocoryne" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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