ALTERNANTHERA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Alternanthera mean? • ALTERNANTHERA (noun)
The noun ALTERNANTHERA has 1 sense:
1. genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
Familiarity information: ALTERNANTHERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALTERNANTHERA (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alternanthera; genus Alternanthera
Hypernyms ("Alternanthera" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Alternanthera"):
alligator grass; alligator weed; Alternanthera philoxeroides (prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses)
Holonyms ("Alternanthera" is a member of...):
amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)
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