HyperDic: lemnaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Lemnaceae:
NOUNplantLemnaceae, family Lemnaceae, duckweed familyfamily of small free-floating thalloid plants
English > Lemnaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfamily of small free-floating thalloid plants.
Synonymsfamily Lemnaceae, duckweed family
Member ofArales, order AralesAraceae
MembersLemna, genus Lemnaminute 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 Spirodelaminute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
Wolffia, genus Wolffiaminute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
Wolffiella, genus Wolffiellaminute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond
duckweedAny small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
SpanishLemnaceae, lemnáceas
CatalanLemnaceae

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