riverweed

American

[riv-er-weed] / ˈrɪv ərˌwid /

noun

any of several chiefly tropical submerged aquatic plants of the genus Podostemum and related genera, growing in rapidly moving streams.

Etymology

Origin of riverweed

First recorded in 1665–75; river ¹ + weed ¹

Example Sentences

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Now they were like riverweed, like the bottom of a green glass bottle.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

So under the thin willows' leprous shade And through the tangled ranks of riverweed I pushed—till lo, God heard me!

From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn

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