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SUBFAMILY CABOMBACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Cabombaceae mean?

• SUBFAMILY CABOMBACEAE (noun)
The noun SUBFAMILY CABOMBACEAE has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia

Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY CABOMBACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUBFAMILY CABOMBACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

subfamily Cabombaceae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae; water-shield family

Hypernyms ("subfamily Cabombaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "subfamily Cabombaceae"):

Cabomba; genus Cabomba (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants)

Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("subfamily Cabombaceae" is a member of...):

family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)

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