Duckweed

Quick meaning: Duckweed is a noun meaning Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.

Meaning

Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.

Example Sentences

But his face was a face of such happiness that, had you seen it, you would have understood indeed how that he had died happy, never knowing that cool and streaming silver for the duckweed in the pond.

He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.

Word Forms

• duckweeds

Synonyms for duckweed

Depending on context, synonyms include duckmeat, ducksmeat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weed, waterweed, riverweed, ribbonweed, waterwort, widgeonweed.

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