elodean.
/ɛˈləʊdɪə//ɛləʊˈdiːə/ Botany.
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 n. 2.)
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1894 F. Darwin & E. H. Acton Pract. Physiol. Plants i. 16 An Elodea leaf is mounted in water.
1937 E. C. B. Wright Gen. Plant Physiol. viii. 226 The main study was made of the chloroplasts of the aquatic Elodea.
1955 Sci. 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.
1960 Times 9 July 9/5 Soft weed (such as Elodea, Hornwort).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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