MYRIOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myriophyllum mean? 

• MYRIOPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun MYRIOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)

  Familiarity information: MYRIOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRIOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Myriophyllum; Myriophyllum

Hypernyms ("Myriophyllum" 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 "Myriophyllum"):

water milfoil (an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("Myriophyllum" is a member of...):

family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales)