Pondweed
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus countable, uncountable
- 2 any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae wordnet
- 3 Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Elodea, found in North America countable, uncountable
- 4 Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Azolla, of cosmopolitan distribution countable, uncountable
"If you have ever had a pond you will know Azolla, a.k.a. pondweed, duckweed fern or fairy moss."
- 5 Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia countable, uncountable
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- 6 Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region. countable, uncountable
- 7 Charales, an order of green algae countable, uncountable
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More examples"The Potomac has been called the wildest urban landscape in the world. In some places it is flat and broad and so clear that you can see all the way down to the rocks and sand on the bottom. In others it is thick with gardens of aquatic vegetation with native species like wild celery, curly pondweed and stargrass, and exotic plants like hydrilla."
Etymology
From pond + weed.
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