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Webster 1913 Edition


Duckweed

Duck′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A genus (
Lemna
) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; – called also
duckmeat
.

Definition 2024


duckweed

duckweed

English

Close up of two different duckweeds:
Spirodela polyrrhiza and Wolffia globosa

Noun

duckweed (countable and uncountable, plural duckweeds or duckweed)

  1. Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.
    • 1909, H. G. Wells, The Beautiful Suit
      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.

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