NOUN | plant | watermeal | any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia |
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Meaning | Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world. | |
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Member of | Wolffia, genus Wolffia | minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond |
Narrower | common wolffia, Wolffia columbiana | smallest flowering plants known |
Broader | duckweed | Any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds |
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