English noun: water-shield family | |||
1. | water-shield family (plant) in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia | ||
Synonyms | Cabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | magnoliid dicot family | ||
Member holonym | Brasenia, Cabomba, genus Brasenia, genus Cabomba | ||
Member meronym | family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family | ||