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Definition of Great duckweed
1. Noun. Cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands.
Exact synonyms: Spirodela Polyrrhiza, Water Flaxseed
Generic synonyms: Duckweed
Group relationships: Genus Spirodela, Spirodela
Generic synonyms: Duckweed
Group relationships: Genus Spirodela, Spirodela
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Duckweed
Literary usage of Great duckweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical names for English readers by Randal Hibbert Alcock (1876)
"... great duckweed or Pondweed."—Note in Bohn's Ed. of Pliny. Whatever the plant
may have been, the name was probably given originally on account of a ..."
2. Handbook for Southport, medical and general by David Hudson M'Nicoll, Edward Day McNicoll (1883)
"great duckweed (Lemna polyrhiza). Great Lilac Valerian (Valeriana officinalis).
Yellow Water-flag, or Fleur-de-lis (Iris Pseud-acorus). ..."
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