PICKERELWEED

pickerelweed, pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata

(noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pickerelweed (plural pickerelweeds)

(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves

Source: Wiktionary



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ONCHOCERCIASIS

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