noun
pickerelweed
• Syn: ↑genus Pontederia
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pontederiaceae, ↑family Pontederiaceae, ↑pickerelweed family
• Member Meronyms: ↑pickerelweed, ↑pickerel weed, ↑wampee, ↑Pontederia cordata
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\\ˌpäntəˈdirēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus (the type of the family Pontederiaceae) of American aquatic plants having leaves with long sheathing petioles and flowers in a dense spike — see pickerelweed
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Pontederia /pont-e-dēˈri-ə/ (botany)
noun
An American genus of monocotyledonous water- or bog-plants, called pickerel-weed, giving name to a family Pontederiāˈceae
ORIGIN: Giulio Pontedera (1688–1757), Italian botanist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.