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GENUS SOLEIROLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Soleirolia mean?
• GENUS SOLEIROLIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SOLEIROLIA has 1 sense:
1. one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb
Familiarity information: GENUS SOLEIROLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Helxine; genus Soleirolia; Helxine; Soleirolia
Hypernyms ("genus Soleirolia" 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)
Meronyms (members of "genus Soleirolia"):
baby's tears; baby tears; Helxine soleirolia; Soleirolia soleirolii (prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Soleirolia" is a member of...):
family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)
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