family potamogetonaceae

Noun
  1. Plants that grow in ponds and slow streams;
    Sometimes includes family Zosteraceae (synset 112636188)
    is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym:
    • pondweed - any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
    • genus potamogeton, potamogeton - a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water
    • genus groenlandia, groenlandia - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
    • genus zostera, zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
    belongs to: alismales, naiadales, order alismales, order naiadales - an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
    same as: pondweed family, potamogetonaceae

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