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Definition of Pondweed
1. Noun. Any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae.
Specialized synonyms: Curled Leaf Pondweed, Curly Pondweed, Potamogeton Crispus, Potamogeton Gramineous, Variously-leaved Pondweed, Loddon Pondweed, Potamogeton Americanus, Potamogeton Nodosus, Frog's Lettuce, Horned Pondweed, Zannichellia Palustris
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
2. Noun. Submerged freshwater perennials.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrocharidaceae, Family Hydrocharitaceae, Frog's-bit Family, Frogbit Family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae
Member holonyms: Waterweed
Definition of Pondweed
1. n. Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
Definition of Pondweed
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Potamogeton'', that grows in ponds or similar aquatic conditions; extended to other similar plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pondweed
1. an aquatic plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pondweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pondweed
Literary usage of Pondweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Robbing' pondweed. North shore of Lake Superior; Pine Lake, ... Slender pondweed.
Detroit River, between Pecho Isle and Belle Isle, CF Wheeler; Round Lake, ..."
2. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, Herbert Keightley Job (1912)
"A mud bottom is preferable, but sago pondweed and redhead grass (P. per- ...
Some species, including sago pondweed, will grow in brackish or even salt water ..."
3. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"Robbins' pondweed. North shore of Lake Superior; Pine Lake, ... Slender pondweed.
Detroit River, between Pech» Isle and Belle Isle, CF Wheeler; Round Lake, ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... petals, or bracts serve as landing-stages for the pollen when it is discharged.
This is the case, for example, in various species of the pondweed genus ..."
5. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"A great variety in the shape and size of pondweed leaves may be observed upon
looking down through the clear water upon sub me rged bars where they grow so ..."
6. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"pondweed Teacher's Story HE study of any plant which has obvious limitations as
to where it may grow should be made a help in the study of geography. ..."
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