GENUS HOUTTUYNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Houttuynia mean? 

• GENUS HOUTTUYNIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS HOUTTUYNIA has 1 sense:

1. one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places

  Familiarity information: GENUS HOUTTUYNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HOUTTUYNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Houttuynia; Houttuynia

Hypernyms ("genus Houttuynia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Holonyms ("genus Houttuynia" is a member of...):

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)