duckweed
any plant of the family Lemnaceae, especially of the genus Lemna, comprising small aquatic plants that float free on still water.
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How to use duckweed in a sentence
But the farm had fallen on evil days at the hands of Paddy Magragh, and the reservoir was choked with cresses and duckweed.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandWaterlilies and duckweed are not the chief part of this floating mass.
There is a large pond in the midst of the garden, covered with duckweed, and full of beautiful gold and silver fish of many kinds.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' | Annie Allnut BrasseyThe river is rising fast, and bringing down large quantities of aquatic grass, duckweed, &c.
Out of this lagoon, and by this stream, the chief part of the duckweed of the Shiré flows.
British Dictionary definitions for duckweed
/ (ˈdʌkˌwiːd) /
any of various small stemless aquatic plants of the family Lemnaceae, esp any of the genus Lemna, that have rounded leaves and occur floating on still water in temperate regions
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