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SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Spirodela polyrrhiza mean?
• SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA (noun)
The noun SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA has 1 sense:
1. cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
Familiarity information: SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
great duckweed; Spirodela polyrrhiza; water flaxseed
Hypernyms ("Spirodela polyrrhiza" is a kind of...):
duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)
Holonyms ("Spirodela polyrrhiza" is a member of...):
genus Spirodela; Spirodela (minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots)
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