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    ORONTIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One species of aquatic plant: golden clubplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Orontium; Orontium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Orontium"):

    golden club; Orontium aquaticum (aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers)

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

    Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

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