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pondweed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pondweed has 2 senses
- pondweed(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae; Array is a member of family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae
- pondweed(n = noun.plant) ditchmoss, elodea, genus elodea - submerged freshwater perennials; Array is a kind of liliopsid genus, monocot genus
has particulars: curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed, potamogeton crispus, potamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweed, loddon pondweed, potamogeton americanus, potamogeton nodosus, frog's lettuce, horned pondweed, zannichellia palustris
is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
is a member of family hydrocharidaceae, family hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, hydrocharidaceae, hydrocharitaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pondweed, n.
Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton , of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pondweed, n. any of various aquatic plants, esp. of the genus Potamogeton, growing in still or running water.
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