HyperDic: genus_eriocaulon

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Eriocaulon:
NOUNplantgenus Eriocaulon, Eriocaulontype genus of the Eriocaulaceae
English > genus Eriocaulon: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs.
SynonymEriocaulon
Member ofEriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort familychiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs
Memberspipewort, Eriocaulon aquaticumaquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanisheriocaulon, genus eriocaulon
Catalaneriocaulon, genus eriocaulon

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