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Hottonia

noun

aquatic herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Hottonia

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulaceae, ↑family Primulaceae, ↑primrose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑featherfoil, ↑feather-foil

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\\häˈtōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Peter Hotton died 1709 Dutch botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of aquatic herbs (family Primulaceae) with submerged crowded leaves and small white or purplish racemose flowers — see featherfoil

Useful english dictionary. 2012.