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CERATOPHYLLUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceratophyllum mean?

• CERATOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun CERATOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts

Familiarity information: CERATOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CERATOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Ceratophyllum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum

Hypernyms ("Ceratophyllum" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Ceratophyllum"):

hornwort (any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams)

Holonyms ("Ceratophyllum" is a member of...):

Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae (coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts)

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