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ORONTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orontium mean? 

ORONTIUM (noun)
  The noun ORONTIUM has 1 sense:

1. one species of aquatic plant: golden clubplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ORONTIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species of aquatic plant: golden club

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Orontium; Orontium

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Orontium" is a member of...):

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


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