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    GENUS ALDROVANDA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One species: waterwheel plantplay

    Synonyms:

    Aldrovanda; genus Aldrovanda

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Aldrovanda" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Aldrovanda"):

    Aldrovanda vesiculosa; waterwheel plant (floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas)

    Holonyms ("genus Aldrovanda" is a member of...):

    Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)

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