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noun
Any of various tiny aquatic flowering plants of the genus Wolffia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: duckweed
Narrower terms: common wolffia, Wolffia columbiana
History
From water + meal, from the resemblance to specks of cornmeal floating on the water.
