brasenia

English Thesaurus

1. alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	brasenia schreberi, water-shield, water-target,
definition	:	aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cabombaceae, subfamily cabombaceae, water-shield family,
definition	:	in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia (noun.plant)