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Duckweed

//ˈdʌkˌwid// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae. countable, uncountable

    "He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats."

  2. 2
    any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds wordnet

Etymology

From duck + weed. Supposedly so-named for often being consumed by ducks and other waterfowl. Compare Middle English dokemete (“duckweed”, literally “duck-food”).

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