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单词 duckweed
释义

duckweedn.

Forms: see duck n.1 and weed n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: duck n.1, weed n.1
Etymology: < duck n.1 + weed n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈduckweed.
The common name for plants of the genus Lemna, which float on still water, so as to cover the surface like a green carpet.
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 125/2 Dockewede, padella (P. paradilla).
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Lenteja de agua Duck weede, Lens palustris.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §567 The Water also doth send forth Plants, that have no Roots fixed in the Bottome..Such is that we call Duck-Weed.
1745 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 418/1 Go to a ditch where there is a quantity of duckweed.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 32 Stagnant ditches and ponds covered with duckweed.
in combination.1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 20 He had rendered up his duckweed-bedabbled person into the hands of an aunt.

Derivatives

ˈduckweedy adj. full of duckweed.
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1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 530/2 The little green duckweedy moat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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