noun
chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)
• Syn: ↑genus Myriophyllum
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Haloragidaceae, ↑family Haloragidaceae, ↑Haloragaceae, ↑family Haloragaceae, ↑water-milfoil family
• Member Meronyms: ↑water milfoil
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\\ˌmirēōˈfiləm\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin myriophyllon water milfoil, from Greek, from myrio- myri- + phyllon leaf — more at blade
: a widely distributed genus of submerged aquatic plants (family Haloragaceae) having much-divided whorled or alternate leaves and emersed wind-pollinated flowers — see water milfoil
Useful english dictionary. 2012.