HYDRILLA

hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata

(noun) submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida’s waterways

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hydrilla (plural hydrillas)

An aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata

Anagrams

• Hillyard

Source: Wiktionary



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SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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