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Definition of Azolla caroliniana
1. Noun. Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe.
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Fern, Water Fern
Group relationships: Azolla, Genus Azolla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Azolla Caroliniana
Literary usage of Azolla caroliniana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"i'iz., azolla caroliniana. This Azolla winters in plant-houses, and we are
therefore in a position to obtain material at any time for the study of the ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"These root-hairs of azolla caroliniana are produced in moderately regular transverse
rows, each proceeding from a segment of the triangular-pyramidal apical ..."
3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"In all cases examined by me there is an extra periclinal division at the apex of
the inner cap (fig. 4, D). In azolla caroliniana ..."