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    FROG'S-BIT FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributedplay

    Synonyms:

    family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("frog's-bit 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 "frog's-bit family"):

    genus Hydrocharis; Hydrocharis (frogbit)

    genus Hydrilla (one species)

    genus Limnobium; Limnobium (American frogbit)

    ditchmoss; Elodea; genus Elodea; pondweed (submerged freshwater perennials)

    Egeria; genus Egeria (small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants)

    genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria (eelgrass; eel grass)

    Holonyms ("frog's-bit family" is a member of...):

    Alismales; Naiadales; order Alismales; order Naiadales (an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants)

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