noun
simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
• Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog's-bit family
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrocharis, ↑genus Hydrilla, ↑Limnobium, ↑genus Limnobium, ↑Elodea, ↑genus Elodea, ↑pondweed, ↑ditchmoss, ↑Egeria, ↑genus Egeria, ↑Vallisneria, ↑genus Vallisneria
Useful english dictionary. 2012.