HyperDic: alternanthera

English > 1 sense of the word Alternanthera:
NOUNplantAlternanthera, genus Alternantheragenus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia
English > Alternanthera: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera.
Synonymgenus Alternanthera
Member ofAmaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth familycosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
Membersalligator weed, alligator grass, Alternanthera philoxeroidesprolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishalternanthera, genus alternanthera
Catalanalternanthera, genus alternanthera

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