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duckweed
duck·weed D0413600 (dŭk′wēd′)n. Any of various small, free-floating, stemless aquatic flowering plants of the genus Lemna and several related genera, growing in dense colonies on the surface of quiet water.duckweed (ˈdʌkˌwiːd) n (Plants) any of various small stemless aquatic plants of the family Lemnaceae, esp any of the genus Lemna, that have rounded leaves and occur floating on still water in temperate regionsduck•weed (ˈdʌkˌwid)
n. any plant of the family Lemnaceae, esp. of the genus Lemna, comprising minute aquatic plants that float free on still water. [1400–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  duckweed - any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow pondsduckweed family, family Lemnaceae, Lemnaceae - family of small free-floating thalloid plantscommon duckweed, Lemna minor, lesser duckweed - of temperate regions except eastern Asia and AustraliaLemna trisulca, star-duckweed - cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North Americagreat duckweed, Spirodela polyrrhiza, water flaxseed - cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islandswatermeal - any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the worldbogmat, mud midget, Wolffiella gladiata - having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North Americaaquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
Translationsduckweed
duckweed, any plant of the genus Lemna and sometimes of related genera. Duckweeds are tiny floating or submerged aquatic plants with reduced or obsolete roots. They flower only rarely, and their flowers are small and inconspicuous. Duckweeds grow in freshwater throughout most of the world. They are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Arales, family Lemnaceae.duckweed
Words related to duckweednoun any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow pondsRelated Words- duckweed family
- family Lemnaceae
- Lemnaceae
- common duckweed
- Lemna minor
- lesser duckweed
- Lemna trisulca
- star-duckweed
- great duckweed
- Spirodela polyrrhiza
- water flaxseed
- watermeal
- bogmat
- mud midget
- Wolffiella gladiata
- aquatic plant
- hydrophyte
- hydrophytic plant
- water plant
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