Meaning of PONDWEED
| Pronunciation: | | 'pând`weed
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- [n] submerged freshwater perennials
- [n] any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
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| | Synonyms: | | ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea |
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| | See Also: | | aquatic plant, curled pondweed, curleyleaf pondweed, family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, frogbit family, frog's lettuce, frog's-bit family, horned pondweed, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, liliopsid genus, loddon pondweed, monocot genus, pondweed family, Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton crispus, Potamogeton gramineous, Potamogeton nodosus, Potamogetonaceae, variously-leaved pondweed, water plant, waterweed, Zannichellia palustris | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any aquatic plant of the genus {Potamogeton}, of which many
species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
{Choke pondweed}, an American water weed ({Anarcharis, or
Elodea, Canadensis}.) See {Anacharis}.
{Horned pondweed}, the {Zannichellia palustris}, a slender,
branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
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