Definition of Star-duckweed

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America.

Exact synonyms: Lemna Trisulca
Generic synonyms: Duckweed
Group relationships: Genus Lemna, Lemna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Star-duckweed

staplelike
stapler
staplers
staples
stapling
stapling machine
stapped
stapping
stapple
stapples
staps
star
star(p)
star-blind
star-crossed
star-duckweed (current term)
star-forming
star-glory
star-leaf begonia
star-nosed mole
star-of-Bethlehem
star-shaped
star-struck
star-studded
star-thistle
star anise
star aniseed
star anises
star apple
star apples

Literary usage of Star-duckweed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Star Duckweed. Lemna trisulca L. Sp. PI. 970. 1753. Thallus lanceolate, submerged and devoid of stomata in the primary aquatic form, ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Lemna trisulca L. Star duckweed Herbaceous perennial, free-floating aquatic Lakes, ponds, bogs, swamps, marshes and streams. ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Lemna trisulca L. Star duckweed Herbaceous perennial, free-floating aquatic Lakes, ponds, bogs, swamps, marshes and streams. ..."

4. Annual Report by Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana (1900)
"Star Duckweed. In shallow pools about lakes, in ditches and sluggish streams throughout the State. Frequent, but ordinarily not abundant. ..."

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