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Vallisneria
noun
eelgrass; eel grass
• Syn: ↑genus Vallisneria
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog's-bit family
• Member Meronyms: ↑tape grass, ↑eelgrass, ↑wild celery, ↑Vallisneria spiralis

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\\ˌvalə̇ˈsnirēə, -lə̇zˈn-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Antonio Vallisnieri died 1730 Italian naturalist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of submerged aquatic plants (family Hydrocharitaceae) with ribbonlike leaves and pistillate spathes on long finally spiral scapes

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Vallisneria /val-is-nēˈri-ə/
noun
A tropical and subtropical genus of submerged water plants of the frogbit family
ORIGIN: Antonio Vallisnieri (1661–1730), Italian naturalist

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