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ORONTIUM AQUATICUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orontium aquaticum mean?
• ORONTIUM AQUATICUM (noun)
The noun ORONTIUM AQUATICUM has 1 sense:
1. aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
Familiarity information: ORONTIUM AQUATICUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
golden club; Orontium aquaticum
Hypernyms ("Orontium aquaticum" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Holonyms ("Orontium aquaticum" is a member of...):
genus Orontium; Orontium (one species of aquatic plant: golden club)
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