| NOUN | plant | genus Eriocaulon, Eriocaulon | type genus of the Eriocaulaceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs. | |
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| Synonym | Eriocaulon | |
| Member of | Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family | chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs |
| Members | pipewort, Eriocaulon aquaticum | aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
| Spanish | eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon | |
| Catalan | eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon | |
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