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Chrysosplenium

noun

genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Chrysosplenium

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑family Saxifragaceae, ↑saxifrage family

• Member Meronyms: ↑golden saxifrage, ↑golden spleen, ↑water carpet, ↑water mat, ↑Chrysosplenium americanum

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈsplēnēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from chrys- + Latin splenium spleenwort (from Greek splēnion, from splēn spleen)

: a small genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs (family Saxifragaceae) having minute greenish yellow apetalous flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.