pondweed

pond·weed

P0437200 (pŏnd′wēd′)n. Any of various submerged or floating aquatic plants of the genus Potamogeton, having inconspicuous flowers borne in small spikes.

pondweed

(ˈpɒndˌwiːd) n1. (Plants) any of various water plants of the genus Potamogeton, which grow in ponds and slow streams: family Potamogetonaceae2. (Plants) Also called: waterweed Brit any of various unrelated water plants, such as Canadian pondweed, mare's-tail, and water milfoil, that have thin or much divided leaves

pond•weed

(ˈpɒndˌwid)

n. any of various aquatic plants of the genus Potamogeton, of ponds and slow streams, having submerged or floating leaves. [1570–80]

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Noun	1.	pondweed - any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceaefamily Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, Potamogetonaceae - plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceaecurled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed, Potamogeton crispus - European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and CaliforniaPotamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweed - of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United Statesloddon pondweed, Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton nodosus - pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europefrog's lettuce - very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europehorned pondweed, Zannichellia palustris - found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquariaaquatic 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
	2.	pondweed - submerged freshwater perennials ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodealiliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frogbit family, frog's-bit family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributedwaterweed - a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea

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