1 species

• East Asian low-growing plant of wet places

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Houttuynia \Houttuynia\ n. A genus of plants having only one species; East Asian low-growing plant of wet places. Syn: genus Houttuynia .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the genus ''Houttuynia'' of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia . One species, H. cordata , is widely cultivated as a culinary herb. The genus was originally described in 1783 by Carl Peter Thunberg when he formally described H. cordata ...