GENUS PELTANDRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Peltandra mean? 

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

1. small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PELTANDRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Peltandra; Peltandra

Hypernyms ("genus Peltandra" 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 Peltandra"):

arrow arum (an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)