mosquito fern

mosquito fern
noun
small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Hypernyms: ↑aquatic fern, ↑water fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Azolla, ↑genus Azolla

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noun
: a water fern of the genus Azolla

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