elodea

e·lo·de·a  (-ld-)

n.

Any of various small, submersed herbs of the genus Elodea, having grasslike leaves.

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[New Latin Eldea, genus name, from Greek helds, marshy, from helos, marsh.]

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Elodea - submerged freshwater perennials       ditchmoss, genus Elodea, pondweed 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