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WATER-SHIELD FAMILY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does water-shield family mean?

• WATER-SHIELD FAMILY (noun)
The noun WATER-SHIELD FAMILY has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: WATER-SHIELD FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

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• WATER-SHIELD FAMILY (noun)

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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 ("water-shield family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "water-shield family"):

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 ("water-shield family" is a member of...):

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

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