HyperDic: water-shield_family

English > 1 sense of the expression water-shield family:
NOUNplantwater-shield family, Cabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceaein some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies
English > water-shield family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningIn some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera ... / genera Cabomba and Brasenia.
SynonymsCabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceae
Member ofNymphaeaceae, family Nymphaeaceae, water-lily familydicot aquatic plants
MembersBrasenia, genus Braseniaalternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae
Cabomba, genus Cabombaalternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae
Broadermagnoliid dicot familyfamily of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanishcabombáceas
CatalanCabombaceae, cabombàcia

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