water milfoil

water milfoil

n. Any of various cosmopolitan aquatic herbs of the genus Myriophyllum, having whorls of feathery submersed leaves, especially M. spicatum of Eurasia, which can form dense mats in North American rivers and lakes.

water milfoil

n (Plants) any of various pond plants of the genus Myriophyllum, having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers: family Haloragidaceae

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water milfoil - an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowersgenus Myriophyllum, Myriophyllum - chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)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