MYRIOPHYLLUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Myriophyllum mean? • MYRIOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun MYRIOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)
Familiarity information: MYRIOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MYRIOPHYLLUM (noun)
Meaning:
Chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Myriophyllum; Myriophyllum
Hypernyms ("Myriophyllum" 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)
Meronyms (members of "Myriophyllum"):
water milfoil (an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers)
Holonyms ("Myriophyllum" is a member of...):
family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales)
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