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- noun A genus of plants having only one species; East Asian low-growing plant of wet places.
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- noun Any of the
genus Houttuynia of two species in the Saururaceae native toSoutheast Asia .
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- noun one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
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From the genus name.
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