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ditchmosses

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ditch-moss

  [dich-maws, -mos]
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–noun
elodea.
Origin:
1830–40; Americanism

e⋅lo⋅de⋅a

  [i-loh-dee-uh]
–noun
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
Also called anacharis, ditchmoss, waterweed.

Origin:
< NL (1803), equiv. to Gk (h)eld(ēs) marshy (deriv. of hélos marsh; see -ode 1 ) + NL -ea -ea
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