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GREAT DUCKWEED
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
Synonyms:
great duckweed; Spirodela polyrrhiza; water flaxseed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("great duckweed" is a kind of...):
duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)
Holonyms ("great duckweed" is a member of...):
genus Spirodela; Spirodela (minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots)