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DUCKWEED FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of small free-floating thalloid plants
Synonyms:
duckweed family; family Lemnaceae; Lemnaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("duckweed family" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "duckweed family"):
duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)
genus Lemna; Lemna (minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root)
genus Spirodela; Spirodela (minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots)
genus Wolffia; Wolffia (minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond)
genus Wolffiella; Wolffiella (minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa)
Holonyms ("duckweed family" is a member of...):
Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)
