Definitionn. any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
Last update: September 5, 2015
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DUCKWEED, the common botanical name for species of Lemna which form a green coating on fresh-water ponds and ditches. [Please select]
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Few true aquatic plants were observed in the Arkansas River although mats of duckweed were found in shallow backwater pools at station A-3 (Fig.) [Please select]
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The majority of them were attached to bricks, but some were on the roots of duckweed, the stems of water-plants, and the tips of creepers falling into water. [Please select]
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Polyps may be obtained at all times of the year by bringing home duckweed, conferva, and other water-plants from the ponds. [Please select]
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Our piece of water was simply a dirty duck-pond, in which no large plants were growing, and which did not even exhibit the little disks of duckweed that are common to such situations. [Please select]
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As the otter, inquisitively following the line of the scent, came to the ponds, she heard the croaking of countless frogs hidden in the duckweed that lay over the entire surface of the water. [Please select]
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Not in the least disheartened, he climbed the rabbit-track, rustled over the hedge-bank to the margin of the pond, and there, as in the nights before the frost, feasted eagerly on duckweed and watercress. [Please select]
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