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POTAMOGETONACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Potamogetonaceae mean?
• POTAMOGETONACEAE (noun)
The noun POTAMOGETONACEAE has 1 sense:
1. plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
Familiarity information: POTAMOGETONACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae
Hypernyms ("Potamogetonaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Potamogetonaceae"):
pondweed (any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae)
genus Potamogeton; Potamogeton (a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water)
genus Groenlandia; Groenlandia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae)
genus Zostera; Zostera ((or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants)
Holonyms ("Potamogetonaceae" is a member of...):
Alismales; Naiadales; order Alismales; order Naiadales (an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants)
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