pick·er·el·weed (p k  r-l-w d , pkrl-)n. A freshwater plant (Pontederia cordata) of eastern North America, having heart-shaped leaves with long petioles and spikes of violet-blue flowers. |
pickerelweed [ˈpɪkərəlˌwiːd ˈpɪkrəl-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several North American freshwater plants of the genus Pontederia, esp P. cordata, having arrow-shaped leaves and purple flowers: family Pontederiaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  pickerelweed - American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and pondsgenus Pontederia, Pontederia - pickerelweed 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 |
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