pondweed

[ pond-weed ]

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noun

any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.

pondweed

/ ˈpɒndˌwiːd /

any of various water plants of the genus Potamogeton, which grow in ponds and slow streams: family Potamogetonaceae
Also calledwaterweed any of various unrelated water plants, such as Canadian pondweed, mare's-tail, and water milfoil, that have thin or much divided leaves

First recorded in 1570–80; pond + weed ¹

Rabbits did not belong in Australia, nor pondweed in England, but there they are, and dominating the situation.

Here and there from the Pondweed and other stems hang festoons or wreaths or threads of beautiful green Alg.

"Nobody," said she, swallowing some more pondweed of one kind and then beginning on another.

He did not know that Frogs often wished themselves Tadpoles again, and he sulked around in the pondweed all day.

This marsh is surrounded with very lofty oaks, and abounds with pondweed, the water-plant named by botanists potamogeton.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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