/ English Dictionary |
ELODEA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Submerged freshwater perennials
Synonyms:
ditchmoss; Elodea; genus Elodea; pondweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Elodea" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Elodea"):
waterweed (a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea)
Holonyms ("Elodea" is a member of...):
family Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frog's-bit family; frogbit family; Hydrocharidaceae; Hydrocharitaceae (simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed)