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Definition of Duckweed
1. Noun. Any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds.
Specialized synonyms: Common Duckweed, Lemna Minor, Lesser Duckweed, Lemna Trisulca, Star-duckweed, Great Duckweed, Spirodela Polyrrhiza, Water Flaxseed, Watermeal, Bogmat, Mud Midget, Wolffiella Gladiata
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Definition of Duckweed
1. n. A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.
Definition of Duckweed
1. Noun. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the family Lemnaceae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duckweed
1. an aquatic plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Duckweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Duckweed
Literary usage of Duckweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Round the Year: A Series of Short Nature-studies by Louis Compton Miall (1896)
"I saw a peculiar yellow light reflected from the floating duckweed, ... A few
years ago I had never seen duckweed in flower, and supposed that it seldom or ..."
2. Nature Study: A Pupil's Text-book by Frank Overton, Mary E. Hill (1905)
"duckweed Material. — duckweed floating in a dish of water. ... How large is a
duckweed plant ? Has it a stem ? How many leaves has it ? ..."
3. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(duckweed FAMILY.) Minute stemless plants, floating free on the water, destitute
of distinct stem and ... duckweed. DUCK'S-MEAT. Flowers marginal, bracteate ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... duckweed FAMILY. Minute, stemless plants reduced to a floating leaf-like body
three fourths inch or less long (in ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1863)
"The common and abundant willow-herbs and duckweed, being thus very laboratories
for the formation and collection of phosphate of lime, should be worthy of ..."
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