sparganium

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1. type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	bur reed,
definition	:	marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	bur-reed family, family sparganiaceae, sparganiaceae,
definition	:	coextensive with the genus Sparganium (noun.plant)