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    GENUS ALTERNANTHERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telantheraplay

    Synonyms:

    Alternanthera; genus Alternanthera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Alternanthera"):

    alligator grass; alligator weed; Alternanthera philoxeroides (prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses)

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

    amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)

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