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HOUTTUYNIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
Synonyms:
genus Houttuynia; Houttuynia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Houttuynia" 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)
Holonyms ("Houttuynia" is a member of...):
family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)