GENUS PONTEDERIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Pickerelweed

Synonyms:

genus Pontederia; Pontederia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Pontederia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Pontederia"):

pickerel weed; pickerelweed; Pontederia cordata; wampee (American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds)

Holonyms ("genus Pontederia" is a member of...):

family Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family; Pontederiaceae (aquatic or bog plants)