PONDWEED

Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss

(noun) submerged freshwater perennials

pondweed

(noun) any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pondweed (countable and uncountable, plural pondweeds)

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions

• — greenfingers.com article

(most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus

Elodea, found in North America

Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia

opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.

Charales, an order of green algae

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Source: Wiktionary

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Pond"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. Choke pondweed, an American water weed (Anarcharis, or Elodea, Canadensis.) See Anacharis.

– Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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