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    WATER-SHIELD FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Braseniaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae; water-shield family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("water-shield family" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "water-shield family"):

    Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)

    Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)

    Holonyms ("water-shield family" is a member of...):

    family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)

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