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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves US
2. 2
   American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

pickerel weedpontederia cordatawampee

Etymology

From pickerel + weed.

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