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noun
A stem plant that completes its entire life cycle submerged, or with only its flowers above the waterline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
From translingual Elodea, from Ancient Greek ἑλώδης (helṓdēs, “marshy”), from ἕλος (hélos, “marsh”)
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