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    ERIOCAULON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogsplay

    Synonyms:

    Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "Eriocaulon"):

    Eriocaulon aquaticum; pipewort (aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers)

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

    Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family (chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts)

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