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PELTANDRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peltandra mean?
• PELTANDRA (noun)
The noun PELTANDRA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
Familiarity information: PELTANDRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Peltandra; Peltandra
Hypernyms ("Peltandra" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Peltandra"):
arrow arum (an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America)
Holonyms ("Peltandra" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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