e·lo·de·a

(ĭ-lō′dē-ə)

Any of various small, submersed plants of the genus Elodea, having narrow, whorled or opposite leaves and small axillary flowers.

[New Latin Elōdea, genus name, from Greek helōdēs, marshy, from helos, marsh.]

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elodea

(ɛˈləʊdɪə)

(Plants) any of several aquatic plants of the genus Elodea of the family Hydrocharidaceae that are native to both North and South America and which have grasslike leaves

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Noun

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, frogbit family, frog's-bit family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed

waterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea

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The treatments were designed as follows; treatment 1 (T1) = without soil substrate and with feed supply with 40% of crude protein and 7.5% Ethereal Extract (Potimar 40J-Guabi[R]); treatment 2 (T2) = without soil substrate and without feed supply; treatment 3 (T3) = with soil substrate, feed supply and the addition of an aquatic macrophyte (Elodea sp.); and, treatment 4 (T4) = with soil substrate, aquatic macrophytes and without feed supply.

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granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.) (genotypes G1-G3), Echinococcus equinus (G4), Echinococcus ortleppi (G5), Elodea canadensis (G6, G7, G8, and G10), and Echinococcus felidis (3).

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For Elodea canadensis, underground parts have been estimated at 2.6% of the total plant biomass, whereas underground parts were ~50% of the biomass of Littoiella uniflora and Potamogeton lucens (Westlake, 1966; Ozimek et al., 1976).

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Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle (Hydrocharitaceae), also commonly known as water thyme or Florida elodea, is an extremely successful macrophyte that has invaded several continents worldwide and is considered a nuisance species (Evans & Wilkie 2010).

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Gellan gum is an exocellular polysaccharide secreted from the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea and consists of repeating tetrasaccharide of glucuronic acid, rhamnose, and glucose [26, 27].

Manufacture and Characterization of Mucoadhesive Buccal Films Based on Pectin and Gellan Gum Containing Triamcinolone Acetonide

According to Parent (1982), Elodea canadensis may have been a vehicle for C.

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