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HYDRILLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
Synonyms:
hydrilla; Hydrilla verticillata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hydrilla" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Holonyms ("hydrilla" is a member of...):
genus Hydrilla (one species)