Brasenia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Brasenia
    n 1: alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae [syn:
         {Brasenia}, {genus Brasenia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brasenia \Brasenia\ n.
   a magnoliid genus; a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants
   regarded as the most primitive of extant angiosperms;
   alternatively, a member of the family {Nymphaeaceae}.

   Syn: genus {Brasenia}.
        [WordNet 1.5]