waterweed

wa·ter·weed  (wôtr-wd, wtr-)

n.

Any of various submersed aquatic herbs of the genus Elodea, native to the New World, having opposite or whorled one-nerved narrow leaves and small axillary flowers.

---

waterweed [ˈwɔːtəˌwiːd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various weedy aquatic plants

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for pondweed [2]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

waterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed - submerged freshwater perennials Canadian pondweed, Elodea canadensis - North American waterweed; widely naturalized in Europe dense-leaved elodea, Egeria densa, Elodea densa - aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria 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

Translations

waterweed [ˈwɔːtəˈwiːd] N → alga f