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GENUS TRIGLOCHIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Triglochin mean?
• GENUS TRIGLOCHIN (noun)
The noun GENUS TRIGLOCHIN has 1 sense:
1. perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass
Familiarity information: GENUS TRIGLOCHIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Triglochin; Triglochin
Hypernyms ("genus Triglochin" 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 Triglochin"):
arrow grass; Triglochin maritima (tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock)
Holonyms ("genus Triglochin" is a member of...):
arrow-grass family; family Juncaginaceae; family Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; Scheuchzeriaceae (a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales)
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