water-shield family

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1. in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot family,
definition	:	family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	cabomba, genus cabomba,
definition	:	alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	brasenia, genus brasenia,
definition	:	alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family nymphaeaceae, nymphaeaceae, water-lily family,
definition	:	dicot aquatic plants (noun.plant)