| water milfoil n. Any of various cosmopolitan aquatic herbs of the genus Myriophyllum, having feathery, finely dissected submersed leaves and entire or toothed emersed leaves. |
water milfoil
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various pond plants of the genus Myriophyllum, having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers: family Haloragidaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  water milfoil - an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowersgenus Myriophyllum, Myriophyllum - chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils) 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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