pondweed

pond·weed  (pndwd)

n.

Any of various submerged or floating aquatic plants of the genus Potamogeton having inconspicuous flowers borne in small spikes.

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pondweed [ˈpɒndˌwiːd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various water plants of the genus Potamogeton, which grow in ponds and slow streams: family Potamogetonaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called waterweed Brit any of various unrelated water plants, such as Canadian pondweed, mare's-tail, and water milfoil, that have thin or much divided leaves

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pondweed - any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, Potamogetonaceae - plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed, Potamogeton crispus - European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California Potamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweed - of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States loddon pondweed, Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton nodosus - pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe frog's lettuce - very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe horned pondweed, Zannichellia palustris - found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria 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
	2.	pondweed - submerged freshwater perennials       ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea 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

Translations

pondweed

n → Laichkrautgewächs nt