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    FAMILY LEMNACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of small free-floating thalloid plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    duckweed family; family Lemnaceae; Lemnaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Lemnaceae" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "family Lemnaceae"):

    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 ("family Lemnaceae" is a member of...):

    Arales; order Arales (Araceae; Lemnaceae)

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