myriophyllum

English Thesaurus

1. chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils) (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	water milfoil,
definition	:	an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family haloragaceae, family haloragidaceae, haloragaceae, haloragidaceae, water-milfoil family,
definition	:	a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales (noun.plant)