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ERIOCAULON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
Synonyms:
Eriocaulon; genus Eriocaulon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Eriocaulon" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Eriocaulon"):
Eriocaulon aquaticum; pipewort (aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers)
Holonyms ("Eriocaulon" is a member of...):
Eriocaulaceae; family Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family (chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts)
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