SOLEIROLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Soleirolia mean? 

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

1. one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLEIROLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Helxine; genus Soleirolia; Helxine; Soleirolia

Hypernyms ("Soleirolia" 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 "Soleirolia"):

baby's tears; baby tears; Helxine soleirolia; Soleirolia soleirolii (prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves)

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

family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)