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CERATOPHYLLUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts

Synonyms:

Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ceratophyllum" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Ceratophyllum"):

hornwort (any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams)

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

Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts)

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