noun
Meaning 1
Any of several aquatic herbs of the genus Elodea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
waterweed
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noun
Meaning 2
a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
Narrower terms: Canadian pondweed, Elodea canadensis, dense-leaved elodea, Elodea densa, Egeria densa
History
Etymology
From water + weed.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vesirutto — genus of aquatic herbs
- German: Wasserpest — genus of aquatic herbs
- Polish: moczarka — genus of aquatic herbs