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Wolffiella

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Noun1.Wolffiella - minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
duckweed family, family Lemnaceae, Lemnaceae - family of small free-floating thalloid plants
bogmat, mud midget, Wolffiella gladiata - having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America


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The smallest species of duckweed, the rootless Wolffiella, is edible, and cultivated as a vegetable in Burma and Laos, as well as in Thailand.
 
 
 
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