pondweed

/ˈpɑn(d)ˌwid/
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Other forms: pondweeds

Definitions of pondweed
  1. noun
    any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
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    Potamogeton crispus, curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed
    European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
    Potamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweed
    of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
    Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton nodosus, loddon pondweed
    pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
    frog's lettuce
    very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
    Zannichellia palustris, horned pondweed
    found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria
    type of:
    aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
    a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
  2. noun
    submerged freshwater perennials
    synonyms: Elodea, ditchmoss, genus Elodea
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    type of:
    liliopsid genus, monocot genus
    genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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