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WATER-SHIELD FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water-shield family mean?
• WATER-SHIELD FAMILY (noun)
The noun WATER-SHIELD FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
Familiarity information: WATER-SHIELD FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae; water-shield family
Hypernyms ("water-shield family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "water-shield family"):
Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)
Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Holonyms ("water-shield family" is a member of...):
family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)
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