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GROENLANDIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
Synonyms:
genus Groenlandia; Groenlandia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Groenlandia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Groenlandia"):
frog's lettuce (very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe)
Holonyms ("Groenlandia" is a member of...):
family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)