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LIMNOBIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

American frogbit

Synonyms:

genus Limnobium; Limnobium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Limnobium"):

American frogbit; Limnodium spongia (American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches)

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

family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)

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