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GENUS ORONTIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orontium mean?
• GENUS ORONTIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS ORONTIUM has 1 sense:
1. one species of aquatic plant: golden club
Familiarity information: GENUS ORONTIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species of aquatic plant: golden club
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Orontium; Orontium
Hypernyms ("genus Orontium" 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 Orontium"):
golden club; Orontium aquaticum (aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Orontium" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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