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Triglochin

noun

perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass

• Syn: ↑genus Triglochin

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scheuchzeriaceae, ↑family Scheuchzeriaceae, ↑Juncaginaceae, ↑family Juncaginaceae, ↑arrow-grass family

• Member Meronyms: ↑arrow grass, ↑Triglochin maritima

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\\trīˈglōkə̇n\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from tri- + Greek glōchin-, glōchis projecting point; from the pronged look of the fruit — more at gloss

: a widely distributed genus of marsh herbs (family Juncaginaceae) having basal ligulate leaves, small spicate flowers, and tricarpellary fruits — see arrow grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.