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pondweed — [pänd′wēd΄] n. any of a genus (Potamogeton) of water plants of the pondweed family, having submerged or floating leaves and spikes of inconspicuous flowers adj. designating a family (Potamogetonaceae, order Najadales) of monocotyledonous water… … English World dictionary
family Potamogetonaceae — noun plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae • Syn: ↑Potamogetonaceae, ↑pondweed family • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Naiadales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pondweed — noun Date: 1578 any of a genus (Potamogeton of the family Potamogetonaceae, the pondweed family) of aquatic plants with jointed usually rooting stems, floating or submerged leaves, and spikes of greenish flowers … New Collegiate Dictionary
pondweed — /pond weed /, n. any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams. [1570 80; POND + WEED1] * * * ▪ plant any of several cosmopolitan freshwater plants sometimes grown in ponds or aquariums.… … Universalium
family Hydrocharidaceae — noun simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed • Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑family Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog s bit family • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Hydrocharitaceae — noun simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed • Syn: ↑Hydrocharitaceae, ↑Hydrocharidaceae, ↑family Hydrocharidaceae, ↑frogbit family, ↑frog s bit family • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
liliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑monocot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae … Useful english dictionary
monocot family — noun family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑liliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot family, ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncace … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family PQ — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Paeoniaceae * Paeonia brownii western peony Pallaviciniaceae * Moerckia blyttii * Moerckia hibernica *… … Wikipedia
horned pondweed — /hɔnd ˈpɒndwid/ (say hawnd pondweed) noun a slender, submerged, perennial plant, Zanichellia palustris, of the family Zanichelliaceae, widespread in fresh or brackish water …
