English > waterweed: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea. |
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Member of | Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss | submerged freshwater perennials |
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Narrower | Canadian pondweed, Elodea canadensis | North American waterweed |
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dense-leaved elodea, Elodea densa, Egeria densa | aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium |
Broader | aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant | A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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Spanish | anacharis |
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