HyperDic: great_duckweed

English > 1 sense of the expression great duckweed:
NOUNplantgreat duckweed, water flaxseed, Spirodela polyrrhizacosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
English > great duckweed: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands.
Synonymswater flaxseed, Spirodela polyrrhiza
Member ofSpirodela, genus Spirodelaminute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
BroaderduckweedAny small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds

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