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Pontederia

noun

pickerelweed

• Syn: ↑genus Pontederia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pontederiaceae, ↑family Pontederiaceae, ↑pickerelweed family

• Member Meronyms: ↑pickerelweed, ↑pickerel weed, ↑wampee, ↑Pontederia cordata

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\\ˌpäntəˈdirēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Giulio Pontedera died 1757 Italian botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus (the type of the family Pontederiaceae) of American aquatic plants having leaves with long sheathing petioles and flowers in a dense spike — see pickerelweed

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Pontederia /pont-e-dēˈri-ə/ (botany)

noun

An American genus of monocotyledonous water- or bog-plants, called pickerel-weed, giving name to a family Pontederiāˈceae

ORIGIN: Giulio Pontedera (1688–1757), Italian botanist

Useful english dictionary. 2012.