polyp
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
Types & categories
- growth hypernym
- adenomatous polyp hyponym
- sessile polyp hyponym
- pedunculated polyp hyponym
Sense 2 noun
one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase
Types & categories
- coelenterate hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Cnidaria member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | growth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adenomatous polyp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sessile polyp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pedunculated polyp |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Cnidaria |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coelenterate |