English > Potamogeton: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water. |
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| Synonym | genus Potamogeton |
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| Member of | Potamogetonaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family | plants that grow in ponds and slow streams |
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| Members | curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed, Potamogeton crispus | European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California |
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| loddon pondweed, Potamogeton nodosus, Potamogeton americanus | pondweed with floating leaves |
| variously-leaved pondweed, Potamogeton gramineous | Of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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| Spanish | genus potamogeton, potamogeton |
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| Catalan | genus potamogeton, potamogeton |
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