HYDRILLA

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Meaning:

Submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways

Synonyms:

hydrilla; Hydrilla verticillata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

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

genus Hydrilla (one species)

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