genus Houttuynia

Definitions of genus Houttuynia
  1. noun
    one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
    synonyms: Houttuynia
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    type of:
    dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
    genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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