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/duk"weed'/, n.any plant of the family Lemnaceae, esp. of the genus Lemna, comprising small aquatic plants that float free on still water.[1400-50; late ME dockewede; so called because eaten by ducks]
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Duckweed — Duck weed , n. (Bot.) A genus ({Lemna}) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; called also {duckmeat}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
duckweed — [duk′wēd΄] n. any of a family (Lemnaceae, order Arales) of monocotyledonous, minute flowering plants that float on ponds and sluggish streams and reproduce by a kind of budding: so called because eaten by ducks … English World dictionary
duckweed — mažoji plūdena statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Plūdeninių šeimos maistinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Lemna minor), paplitęs Afrikoje, Europoje, Azijoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Lemna minor angl. common duckweed; duckweed … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
duckweed — noun Date: 15th century a small floating aquatic monocotyledonous plant (family Lemnaceae, the duckweed family) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Duckweed Firetail — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta … Wikipedia
duckweed family — noun family of small free floating thalloid plants • Syn: ↑Lemnaceae, ↑family Lemnaceae • Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Arales, ↑order Arales … Useful english dictionary
duckweed — noun Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the family Lemnaceae … Wiktionary
duckweed — duck|weed [ˈdʌkwi:d] n [U] a plant that grows on the surface of ponds … Dictionary of contemporary English
duckweed — duck|weed [ dʌk,wid ] noun uncount a plant that grows in rivers and PONDS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
duckweed — n. stemless water plant … English contemporary dictionary
