lemnaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Lemnaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Lemnaceae, family Lemnaceae, duckweed family	family of small free-floating thalloid plants

English > *Lemnaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	family of small free-floating thalloid plants.
Synonyms	family Lemnaceae, duckweed family
Member of	Arales, order Arales	Araceae
Members	Lemna, genus Lemna	minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
	Spirodela, genus Spirodela	minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
	Wolffia, genus Wolffia	minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
	Wolffiella, genus Wolffiella	minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond
	duckweed	Any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
Broader	monocot family, liliopsid family	family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanish	Lemnaceae, lemnáceas
Catalan	Lemnaceae

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