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GENUS DICHONDRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dichondra" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dichondra"):
dichondra; Dichondra micrantha (a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions)
Holonyms ("genus Dichondra" is a member of...):
Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)
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