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elodea Bot.|ɛˈləʊdɪə, ɛləʊˈdiːə|
[mod.L. (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) I. 20), f. Gr. ἑλώδης marshy.]
A member of a small genus of aquatic plants, belonging to the family Hydrocharidaceæ and native to temperate America; cultivated in aquaria and pools. (Cf. water-thyme 2.)
1894Darwin & Acton Pract. Physiol. Plants i. 16 An Elodea leaf is mounted in water. 1937E. C. B. Wright Gen. Plant Physiol. viii. 226 The main study was made of the chloroplasts of the aquatic Elodea. 1955Sci. News Let. 16 July 46/1 Elodea, the moss-like weed in most American goldfish bowls, yielded from 12 to 14 tons green weight to the acre in a Kansas pond. 1960Times 9 July 9/5 Soft weed (such as Elodea, Hornwort). |