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elodea

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e·lo·de·a  (-ld-)
n.
Any of various small, submersed herbs of the genus Elodea, having grasslike leaves.

[New Latin Eldea, genus name, from Greek helds, marshy, from helos, marsh.]
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Noun1.elodea - submerged freshwater perennialsElodea - submerged freshwater perennials      
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
waterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea


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From an initial calculation of growth as change in elodea length, they developed a three-pronged "bushiness" index.
Among the submerged plants Utricularia vulgaris was growing in a few places only, while Potamogeton praelongus and Elodea canadensis were found mainly close to the western shore.
A randomized block design transplant experiment conducted in five Adirondack lakes (Herkimer and Hamilton Counties, NY, USA) measured the relative growth rate (RGR) response of Myriophyllum tenellum, Lobelia dortmanna, Eriocaulon septangulare, Vallisneria americana, Elodea canadensis, and Potamogeton robbinsii to a dissolved inorganic carbon (D1C) gradient over the summer of 1999.
 
 
 
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